[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...WILMA STRONGER...CONTINUING TO MOVE AWAY FROM FLORIDA...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS
COUNTIES...

...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS
COUNTIES...

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CLAY...DUVAL...MARION...
NASSAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.4 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES NORTH
OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.

WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH AND A CONTINUED
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHICH
MAKES WILMA A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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

...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. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO IMPROVE TUESDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP FLATTEN THE
SURF.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
DESPITE WILMA PULLING AWAY...THE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION
SURGING DOWN WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS FOR THE COASTAL
AND OFFSHORE WATERS. THE PREVIOUS TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OFFSHORE
HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A GALE WARNING. REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL
WATERS FORECAST.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
RAINFALL HAS LONG ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND IS NOT EXPECTED
TO REDEVELOP.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND 20 TO 25 MPH
ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL BE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NONE

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE FINAL HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT BY THE JACKSONVILLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON WILMA.

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