[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 302352
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-310300-

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

...ERNESTO MOVING TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO CHANGES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...
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
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THESE COASTAL COUNTIES.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM EDT...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR JUST
NORTHWEST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS 160 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF MAYPORT FLORIDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.  THIS MOTION
WILL BRING THE CENTER OF ERNESTO OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS NEAR CAPE
CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ERNESTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REGAIN
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH TONIGHT OR THURSDAY OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREAS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
PREPARATIONS AT THIS TIME.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES OF ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH IMPACTS SIMILAR TO A LOCAL WINTER NORTHEASTER.

...WINDS...
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVERNIGHT. INLAND
WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE IN ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE
HIGHEST VALUES OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE COAST. IN FLAGLER AND ST
JOHNS COUNTIES THE TRAINING OF HEAVIER STORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS POSSIBLE.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.

...MARINE...
WINDS MAY INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THROUGH THURSDAY
WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM.

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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