[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 301507
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FLZ024-025-032-033-037-038-040-GAZ153-154-165-166-302200-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1106 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...ERNESTO WEAKENS TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS OVER SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ERNESTO HAS WEAKENED BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. THE INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CLAY...PUTNAM...AND MARION COUNTIES IS
DISCONTINUED. BECAUSE OF THE FORECAST OF THE STORM REGAINING
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WHEN IT MOVES BACK OVER OPEN WATER AND THE
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE COAST...ALL OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA REMAIN IN EFFECT.

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING.

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

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN AND GLYNN.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER...ST
JOHNS...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND CAMDEN AND
GLYNN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THESE COASTAL COUNTIES. A FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST OR ABOUT 275
MILES SOUTH OF MAYPORT FLORIDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE OVER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS LATE TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE ERNESTO IS OVER LAND
BUT SOME INTENSIFICATION COULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES OVER THE ATLANTIC.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREAS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
BEGINNING THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES OF ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. IMPACTS WILL BE SIMILAR
TO A WINTER NORTHEASTER.

...WINDS...
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE IN THE COASTAL WATERS...THE IMMEDIATE
BEACHES AND NEAR THE ST JOHNS RIVER. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND MAY BRIEFLY
REACH 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE
IMMEDIATE BEACHES. NEAR THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ALONG THE GEORGIA
COAST WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT
AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE IN
ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
LOCALIZED MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE COASTAL AREAS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS FURTHER
INLAND. THIS RAINFALL WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING EXCEPT IN LOCALIZED LOW LYING AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT.
THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES IN STRONGER
BANDS MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

...MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET OR HIGHER. LOCAL INLETS
MAY EXPERIENCE LARGE AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM THIS MORNING.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/GHLS/HLS_MAIN.SHTML

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LETRO

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