[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
231 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...ALBERTO NOT STRENGTHENING AS IT APPROACHES THE GULF COAST OF
FLORIDA...

...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 TRACK AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...
VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES...TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.

ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF
ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE FLORIDA GULF COAST WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH
ALBERTO HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR
RE-STRENGTHENING PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDIANS...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD BE RAPIDLY
NEARING COMPLETION FOR LOCATIONS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
FACTOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ALBERTO INTO YOUR FAMILY OR BUSINESS
PLANS FOR TODAY...KEEPING SAFETY AS YOUR FIRST CONCERN.

ALSO...TURN ON THE AUTO ALERT FEATURE OF YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN
CASE A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION DURING THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD
APALACHEE BAY TODAY. RAINBANDS IN THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND GUSTS
TO 30 TO 40 MPH...FOR PARTS OF LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES EARLY
THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO MIDDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS 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 WIND
GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS.

WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES...
A FEW FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM EDT...GENERALLY
FROM AROUND SEBASTIAN AND YEEHAW JUNCTION NORTHWARD. THE TORNADO
THREAT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE WITH THE INTENSE RAINBAND
EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER LAKE AND POLK COUNTIES. THIS BAND
WILL DRIFT EAST OVER ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES BY 5 AM.

...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 TODAY. 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...
WITH THE FORECAST WIND DIRECTION TO EVENTUALLY BECOME OFFSHORE...THE
EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL FOR THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WITH HEIGHTS LESS THAN 2 FEET...MAINLY NEAR
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD. SURF CONDITIONS MAY
BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION.

...MARINE...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER
INLET.

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 TODAY 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 TODAY...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 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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DD

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