[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-060400-

TROPICAL STORM TAMMY LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
742 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005

UPDATED TO REMOVE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

...TAMMY MOVES INLAND NEAR MAYPORT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...NASSAU...DUVAL...ST
JOHNS...AND FLAGLER COUNTIES AND CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST FROM FERNANDINA
BEACH FLORIDA TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ALL OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.6 WEST OR VERY NEAR JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA.

TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF TAMMY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FATHER
INLAND OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE
WINDS ARE CONFINED TO AN AREA TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER AND MAINLY OVER WATER.  A GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN
TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAMMY REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM AND WHILE THE CENTER OF THE
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA...YOU SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE CENTER POSITION AS TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME IN RAINBANDS.
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR
PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND TWO TO TWO AND A HALF FEET ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO PERSISTENT STRONG NORTHEAST
WINDS. TIDES WILL CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND DURING
THE MORNING TIDE ON THURSDAY. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE COAST AND ALSO THE TIDAL RIVERS NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

WATER LEVELS ON THE INTRA-COASTAL WATERWAY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO REMAIN
HIGH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. INTERESTS ALONG THE CANALS SHOULD KEEP VULNERABLE PROPERTY
SECURED AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON THE SECURITY
OF YOUR BOATS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
TONIGHT WITH ROUGH SEAS OF UP TO 15 FEET. LOCAL INLETS WILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE LARGE AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS. MARINERS NAVIGATING THE
INTRA-COASTAL WATERWAY AT ST ANDREWS SOUND ARE ADVISED THAT LARGE
BREAKING WAVES ARE LIKELY NEAR THE CHANNEL.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER NASSAU COUNTY
BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF BY MIDNIGHT. WHEN COMBINED WITH RECENT
RAINFALL...PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS HAVE BEEN RUNNING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ALONG THE COAST
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER BANDS ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE BEACHES AS WELL AS OVER NASSAU SOUND...CUMBERLAND SOUND...
ST ANDREWS SOUND AND SAINT SIMONS SOUND OVERNIGHT.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AS BANDS DIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH TAMMY AFFECT THE AREA...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA COASTAL COUNTIES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TAMMY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND MIDNIGHT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SANDRIK/HESS

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