[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST GULF
OF MEXICO COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE CENTER
COULD REACH THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY.  ALBERTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.  THE STORM SURGE JUST TO
THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET
ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM LONGBOAT KEY
THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF
MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...PASCO...HERNANDO...
CITRUS AND LEVY.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON
TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO
LONGBOAT KEY...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA
COUNTY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL
AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER...
AND PASCO COUNTIES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR CITRUS...SUMTER...
HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...
SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE
COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR LEE...
CHARLOTTE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE...
PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.


...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 180 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA...OR 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...WINDS...
BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT AS THE RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. 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 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL
AREAS OF HERNANDO...CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES...BUT COULD ARRIVE AS
EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO.

...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. A STORM
SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...5 TO 6 FEET
IN HERNANDO AND PASCO COUNTY...6 TO 8 FEET IN CITRUS COUNTY...AND 7
TO 10 FEET IN LEVY COUNTY.  THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL
TIDE.  THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES
LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 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 TONIGHT.

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

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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