[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HEADED FOR THE SUNCOAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LEE...
CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...SARASOTA...MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...
PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NON COASTAL
AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER
PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR LEE...
CHARLOTTE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE...
PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 415 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA.  ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...WINDS...
BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MONDAY AS THE RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO BLOW THROUGH. COASTAL AREAS
COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TUESDAY MORNING. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 BY NOON TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE
HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO
COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR
KEY. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES
LANDFALL COULD REACH 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAIN FALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. RECENT DRY
CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE GROUND TO ABSORB A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL. HOWEVER...HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF TROPICAL
STORM ALBERTO THROUGH TUESDAY.

...BEACH EROSION...
SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET THROUGH
MONDAY. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY WITH HIGH SURF AND MINOR
BEACH EROSION EXPECTED.  RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS A DISORGANIZED STORM AND FUTURE FORECASTS
MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TIMING LOCATION. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1115 PM THIS EVENING.

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NOAH

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