[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-060>062-065-121530-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
600 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTH TO
THE SUWANNEE RIVER AND AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...
POLK...SUMTER...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES.  THE
STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD
REACH 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.

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

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

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LEE
AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING 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 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 310 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA.  ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 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
TODAY AS THE RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO BLOW THROUGH. COASTAL AREAS
COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY LATE THIS EVENING.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 BY TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TODAY. 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
5 TO 8 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
TODAY. 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 STILL A RATHER 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 BY 1130 AM THIS MORNING OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

PRC

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