[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...ALBERTO CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

...NEW INFORMATION...
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH HAVE
BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH
TROPICAL RAINBANDS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...INCLUDING LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...
SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...AND BREVARD COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. 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 500 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA.

ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL NEAR MIDDAY TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH
SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR RESTRENGTHENING...THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL IS DECREASING.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS WAS 995 MB...29.38
INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD USE CAUTION VENTURING
OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. STRONG TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL SWEEP OVER
MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH DAMAGE
AWNINGS AND POSSIBLY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES.
WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAIN WILL BE A HAZARD TO
DRIVERS... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...WINDS...
EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
DIMINISHED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THERE IS A THREAT OF WIND
GUSTS OVER 45 MPH IN THE TROPICAL RAINBANDS THAT WILL SWEEP NORTH
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A BROAD BAND OF
BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA AS THE ENTIRE AREA SWEEPS SLOWLY
TOWARD THE COAST.

...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...
DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW FROM ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES. AS THE TRAILING RAINBANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE NORTH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS. THIS SHOULD NOT POSE A SERIOUS
FLOOD THREAT EXCEPT IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
THIS IS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ST CLOUD TO
TITUSVILLE.

...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 NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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DD

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