[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 021516
HLSJAX
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-022100-

TROPICAL STORM BARRY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1115 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ST JOHNS...FLAGLER...PUTNAM AND
MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM...
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY CONTINUES TO BRING MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL
TO THE LOCAL AREA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
BARRY HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. ALL LOCAL
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN UNCHANGED.

...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...
NO TROPICAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE
LOCAL AREA. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA BEACHES
TROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SAINT
JOHNS...FLAGLER...PUTNAM AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THIS MOTION SHOULD
BRING THE CENTER OF BARRY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS. BARRY IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL
LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BARRY IS
LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THEREFORE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOT CONCENTRATE ON THE STORM TRACK BUT RATHER REMAIN
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAINS
HAVE SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA
OF NORTH FLORIDA. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AND MINOR STORM
TIDE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH TIDES
OCCURRED AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST. TIDE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS THE
CENTER OF BARRY MOVE OFFSHORE LATER TODAY.

...WINDS...
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
WHERE GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF UP TO 35 KNOTS WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS OFFSHORE. VERY WINDY ONSHORE EAST WINDS
WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL COUNTIES WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. FARTHER INLAND OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...LAKE WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AS WELL. BREAKERS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO
10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THE
SUWANNEE VALLEY TO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA. SINCE THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROLONGED
DROUGHT...RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. STREET AND URBAN FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
DURING THE HIGH TIDE.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF TORNADOES EVEN WITH RELATIVELY WEAK
TROPICAL SYSTEMS. REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND/OR
WARNINGS. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE ACROSS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT AUGUSTINE TO
OCALA...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA THROUGH 3 PM.

...MARINE...
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SEAS OF UP TO 13
FEET WELL OFFSHORE. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT
500 PM OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/GHLS/HLS_MAIN.SHTML

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