[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 311608 CCA
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-311800-

TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1208 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

...ALL WARNINGS ARE CANCELLED BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND ALTAMAHA
SOUND...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ERNESTO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTS.

...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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AS WELL AS THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU... AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES
HAS ALSO EXPIRED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT
115 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR.
ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF ERNESTO WILL BE NEARING THE COAST OF
THE CAROLINAS LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS IN THE OFFSHORE AREAS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT UNTIL SEAS FURTHER
SUBSIDE LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
NONE.

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
NONE.

...TORNADOES...
NONE.

...MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SHORE UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
FURTHER SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON ERNESTO ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE.

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

$$

LETRO/ENYEDI

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