[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1205 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...BAKER...UNION...
BRADFORD...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...MARION...ECHOLS AND CLINCH...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: CLAY...PUTNAM...ATKINSON...WARE...CHARLTON...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...
COLUMBIA...BAKER...UNION...BRADFORD...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...MARION...
CLAY AND PUTNAM.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ECHOLS...CLINCH...
ATKINSON...WARE AND CHARLTON.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...BAKER...UNION...
BRADFORD...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...MARION...ECHOLS AND CLINCH...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: CLAY...PUTNAM...ATKINSON...WARE...CHARLTON...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.

ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ALBERTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY OF INLAND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK WOULD PLACE MOST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ON THE STRONGER SIDE OF THE STORM...
BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE PATH OF ALBERTO. PLEASE
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. SURF CONDITIONS WILL BUILD AND AN INCREASED
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TIDES WILL
RUN AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT
COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...WINDS...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH IN THE WARNING AREAS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING AND DECREASE
BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE WATCH AREAS WIND ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY EVENING AND DECREASE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AT TIMES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER
VALLEY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AREAS TO THE NORTH
AND EAST OF THE WATCH AND WARNING AREAS CAN EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA ON TUESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM EDT...OR
EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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