[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 302111
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-310400-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
510 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...ERNESTO MOVING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WHILE ERNESTO CONTINUES BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BANDS CLOSER TO THE
CIRCULATION CENTER. THESE BANDS WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD DURING
THE EVENING BRINGING OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND THE
THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST...ESPECIALLY FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES.

...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...
DUE TO THE POSIBILITY OF STRENGTHENING ONCE THE CENTER REACHES THE
OCEAN AND THE PROXMITY TO THE COAST...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 ALSO 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 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.8 WEST OR ABOUT
25 MILES... 40 KM...WEST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA AND ABOUT 190 MILES...
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MAYPORT FLORIDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ERNESTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
ON THURSDAY 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
TONIGHT...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 WIND THREAT WILL BE IN THE COASTAL WATERS...THE IMMEDIATE
BEACHES AND NEAR THE ST JOHNS RIVER. WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE
COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND MAY BRIEFLY REACH 40 MPH
IN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE IMMEDIATE
BEACHES. NEAR THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WINDS
MAY INCREASE AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE IN ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE
WITH THE HIGHER VALUES OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE COAST. POSSIBLE
TRAINING OF HEAVIER STORMS IN FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES TONIGHT
COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN
STRONGER RAIN 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 UP TO 12 FEET. 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 11 PM THIS EVENING.

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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