[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ024-025-033-038-242100-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
139 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...WILMA MOVING AWAY FROM FLORIDA...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...
...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CLAY...DUVAL...MARION...NASSAU
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE NORTH TO
ST. AUGUSTINE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH AND AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WILMA
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA
BRIDGES THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TIDES WILL RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS WITH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH
EROSION POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
A NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS WILMA MOVES INTO
THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH WILMA HAS NOW MOVED EASTWARD
INTO THE ATLANTIC. ANY FURTHER RAINFALL TODAY WILL TOTAL LESS THAN A
QUARTER INCH...MAINLY IN SOUTHERN ST. JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND MAY REACH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE IN ISOLATED GUSTS IN THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NONE

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR
EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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LETRO

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