[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
200 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL NEAR ADAMS BEACH IN TAYLOR COUNTY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TORNADO WATCH 474 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 2 PM.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...ALACHUA...BAKER...
BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND
UNION.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...APPLING...ATKINSON...
BACON...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...COFFEE..ECHOLS...
GLYNN...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE AND WAYNE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH
FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM...
AND FOR INLAND COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES EAST
OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR
10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK THE
CENTER WILL BE MOVING ECHOLS...CLINCH AND ATKINSON COUNTIES LATER
TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER LAND...AND ALBERTO WILL PROBABLY BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER
WATER.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED.

...WINDS...
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 15 TO 25 MPH...HOWEVER AS STRONGER RAINBANDS
MOVE OVER AN AREA SUSTAINED WINDS MAY BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 40
MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING
WITH GENERAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. STEADY AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER PORTIONS
OF NORTHWESTERN SUWANNEE...WESTERN HAMILTON...WESTERN ECHOLS...CLINCH
AND ATKINSON COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM AS THE CORE OF THE STORM MOVES
ACROSS THOSE AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THOSE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH THE
RISK IS DECREASING. TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO
WARNING DURING TROPICAL STORMS...REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT
AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM EDT...OR
EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SANDRIK

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