[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-060900-

TROPICAL STORM TAMMY LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1104 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005

UPDATED TO REMOVE FLOOD WATCH

...TAMMY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND...

...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. THE FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.1 WEST OR ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.

TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO AN AREA TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST
OF THE CENTER AND MAINLY OVER WATER. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAMMY REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM AND WHILE THE CENTER OF THE
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN 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...
MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING WELL OFFSHORE. THE FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED...BUT MANY SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS COASTAL
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS HAVE BEEN RUNNING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
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 5 AM...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SANDRIK/HESS

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