[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL FLORIDA BIG
BEND...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED IN ALL AREAS.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAYPORT THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
BUT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF BAYPORT. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BAYPORT THROUGH THE
SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS...AND
HERNANDO.

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

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


...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST...ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TAMPA...OR 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR
AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY.  ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
9 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

...WINDS...
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TODAY AS RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF BAYPORT
WILL SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE RUNNING 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING ALONG THE
CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTY COASTLINE...AND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN
THE TAMPA BAY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ALONG
THE LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTY COAST...ELSEWHERE THE SURGE WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THESE VALUES ARE ON TOP
OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA HAS CREATED THE POTENTIAL
FOR TRAINING OF HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE DAY.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE TRAINING DEVELOPS.
OVERALL...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE SUNDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...BEACH EROSION...
SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET AND
ONSHORE WINDS WILL MAKE THE SURF CHOPPY AND CAUSE MINOR BEACH
EROSION.  RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH TODAY.

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

EO


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