[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 310904
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-311500-

TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

...ERNESTO RIGHT ON TRACK AND CURRENTLY PASSING THE ST AUGUSTINE
BUOY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO CHANGES TO THE LOCAL FORECAST.

...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 AS WELL AS AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU... AND ST JOHNS
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND ST
JOHNS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM EDT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.2 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND A FASTER FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE CENTER OF
ERNESTO FARTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF
THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47
INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUE TO WET ROADWAY CONDITIONS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES MOTORISTS
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THERE IS STILL SOME
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...BE ALERT FOR PONDING
OF WATER ON THE ROAD SURFACE AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE RUNNING NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE COAST...WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS
AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN BETWEEN INTERSTATE 95 AND THE COAST. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF
LATER THIS MORNING.

...TORNADOES...
NONE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM WINDS AND SEAS TO 12 FEET OVER THE EASTERN COASTAL
WATERS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TODAY. 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 AM.

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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