[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
440 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...ALBERTO MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
GUSTY WINDS ARE NOW BEING EXPERIENCED ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST
WITH A 54 MPH GUST AT THE CECIL COMMERCE CENTER.

...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 500 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR VERY NEAR VALDOSTA
GEORGIA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION...WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL
MOVE OVER ECHOLS...CLINCH...ATKINSON...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON
AND APPLING COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS. WEAKENING
IS FORECAST...AND ALBERTO WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES TO
THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

...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...
AT 4 PM SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS REPORTED A 37 MPH GUST AT NAVAL
AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE...39 MPH IN OCALA...44 MPH AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AND 54 MPH AT THE CECIL COMMERCE CENTER (FORMERLY
NAVAL AIR STATION CECIL FIELD). WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE SUSTAINED
AT 20 TO 20 MPH...HOWEVER AS STRONGER BANDS MOVE OVER AN AREA
WINDS MAY BRIEFLY GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 50 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 ECHOLS...CLINCH...ATKINSON...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON AND
APPLING COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE CORE OF THE STORM MOVES
ACROSS THOSE AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THOSE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING 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 CONDITIONS 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 11 PM EDT...OR
EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SANDRIK

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