[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
830 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVING TOWARD THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT
ASSESSMENT DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LAKE AND INLAND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES. PERSONS IN ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD
AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND INLAND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES THROUGH TUESDAY. ON THE COAST...A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED LIKELY. THE CENTER COULD REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA
EARLY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ATTENTION
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARD PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY
FOR PEOPLE IN LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
SHOULD BE NEARING COMPLETION AS THE NIGHTTIME HOURS ENSUE. BE SURE
TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST BEFORE GOING TO BED TONIGHT.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD
APALACHEE BAY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...30 TO 40 MPH...FOR PARTS OF LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY GUST OVER 50 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS.
THE FORECAST FOR THE NEARBY COUNTIES OF ORANGE...SEMINOLE...
OSCEOLA...BREVARD...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA...IS FOR WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS.

WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...TORNADOES...
THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLIER TODAY WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AS CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SHOWED A DECREASED
THREAT. HOWEVER...A LOW THREAT FOR ISOLATED SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES IS
STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...ESPECIALLY AS
ALBERTO DRAWS CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA AND PASSES BY TO THE
NORTH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN FLORIDA...WIDESPREAD
RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FIVE
INCHES OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SQUALLS
OCCUR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR. WIDESPREAD FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS
TIME AS WATER RETENTION AREAS CAN HANDLE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF.
HOWEVER...TEMPORARY INUNDATION OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD
PRONE AREAS WILL BE LOCALLY POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEGLIGIBLE FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER...SURF CONDITIONS MAY
BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF RIP
CURRENTS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA
BEACH.

...MARINE...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD.
SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH...ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 5 TO 7
FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20
NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH
WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH
TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND
OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN
THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE TUESDAY...GUSTY WINDS FROM
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS...DAMAGING
SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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