[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
621 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO NEARING THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS APALACHEE BAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CHANGED LITTLE SINCE 2 AM EDT... AND CONTINUES
ON ITS NORTHEASTWARD TRACK TOWARD THE COAST.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM
LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. THIS INCLUDES
DIXIE...TAYLOR...JEFFERSON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO
INDIAN PASS...WHICH INCLUDES FRANKLIN COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2
NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY.
ALBERTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ALBERTO TO THE COAST LATER THIS
MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT ALBERTO COULD RE-
STRENGTHEN A LITTLE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN STORM SURGE OR POTENTIAL WIND DAMAGE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE
LOWEST PRESSURE WAS 995 MB...OR 29.38 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE WARNED AREA. RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS OF
THE BIG BEND...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AT 5 AM EDT THE TIDE AT CEDAR KEY WAS ABOUT 3.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER AT APALACHICOLA...WHERE THE WIND HAS BEEN BLOWING
OFFSHORE DURING THE NIGHT...THE TIDE WAS ONLY ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. A STORM SURGE OF 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY EAST AND
SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. IF THE CENTER MAKES
LANDFALL ACROSS TAYLOR OR DIXIE COUNTY AS EXPECTED...THE HIGHEST
SURGE WOULD NOT AFFECT JEFFERSON...WAKULLA...AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST IN THESE COUNTIES
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...IN CASE ALBERTO CHANGES COURSE UNEXPECTEDLY.
A HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER AT 737 AM TODAY.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT ST MARKS WILL BE AT 447 AM AND AT 318 PM
EDT TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT APALACHICOLA WILL OCCUR AT 846
AM AND 405 PM EDT TODAY. AS OF 5 AM EDT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF
COASTAL FLOODING FROM APALACHICOLA TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.

...WINDS...
STATIONS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND IN APALACHEE BAY
HAVE BEEN REPORTING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. AT 6 AM EDT THE
SUSTAINED WIND WAS SOUTH AT 40 MPH AT CEDAR KEY. AT KEATON BEACH (IN
SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY) THE SUSTAINED WIND WAS NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH
GUSTING TO 25 MPH. AT THE APALACHICOLA BUOY...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH
OF THE CENTER OF ALBERTO...THE WIND WAS WEST AT 38 MPH GUSTING TO
47 MPH. THE C TOWER IN APALACHEE BAY...JUST WEST OF THE STORM
CENTER...HAD A SUSTAINED WIND OUT OF THE NORTH AT 39 MPH WITH A
GUSTS TO 46 MPH...BUT THE WIND INSTRUMENT IS 100 FEET ABOVE THE
SURFACE WHERE WIND SPEEDS CAN BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE
SURFACE. AT 615 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
AT TALLAHASSEE SHOWED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL ABOVE THE
SURFACE OVER APALACHEE BAY AND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
HEAVY RAIN BANDS NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO WILL PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY TRANSPORT THE STRONGER
WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND
DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS LEON COUNTY...AND CAUTION
SHOULD BE USED WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING AS DOWNED TREES AND
LIMBS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE IT IS DARK. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST OF APALACHEE
BAY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN CAUSE
LARGE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES. UNSECURED
ITEMS LIKE PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN OVER OR
DISPLACED. SPORADIC...BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES CAN BE DIFFICULT IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOODING DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS THE TALLAHASSEE RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH
ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT
IT REMAINS POSSIBLE IF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS
AT NIGHT... AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED
WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER.

...TORNADOS...
SO FAR NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...BUT
THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 10 AM EDT.

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