[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WTUS82 KJAX 091804
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-092130-

SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
204 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FROM THE ALTAMAHA SOUND IN
GEORGIA SOUTH TO FLAGLER BEACH...

...NEW INFORMATION...
SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREAS STRONGEST WINDS REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE OF
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...
NASSAU AND ST JOHNS.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN AND GLYNN.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND
GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 120
MILES...EAST OF MAYPORT FLORIDA.

ANDREA IS MOVING ERRATICALLY...BUT GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 3
MPH.  A CONTINUED SLOW MOTION AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST
ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ALONG THIS TRACK...THE CENTER
OF ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE OF THE U.S. COAST THROUGH AT
LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT UNLIKE A TRUE
TROPICAL SYSTEM...THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH ANDREA WILL NOT BE NEAR
THE CENTER...WHICH MEANS THAT CLOSER PROXIMATE TO THE CENTER WILL NOT
IMPLY ANY STRONGER WINDS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND ARE
CONFINED MOSTLY TO THE OPEN WATERS. THE SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM....ABOUT 120 MILES EAST OF MAYPORT...WHICH
HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NAME ANDREA...IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SUBTROPICAL IN
NATURE AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY TO THE WEST. A SUBTROPICAL STORM IS
VERY DIFFERENT THAN A PURELY TROPICAL STORM AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE. FOR LAND AREAS THE
PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE AND INTERESTS ALONG THE BEACHES SHOULD
CONTINUE TO KEEP ITEMS SECURE FROM THE CURRENT HIGH SURF.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

...WINDS...
AT THIS TIME...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL
OFFSHORE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. IT IS POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS COULD
APPROACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES IF A
STRONGER RAINBAND MOVES ONSHORE.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
HIGH SURF HAS BEEN IN THE SEVEN TO TEN FOOT RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE WEEK WITH CHOPPY SURF CONDITIONS. WE HAVE RECEIVED
REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IN ST JOHNS COUNTY AND BEACH
EROSION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE
EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL
AREAS. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER THE BEACHES.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM
OVER MOST OF THE FIRE AREAS OF INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR SO.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS WITH SEA OF TWELVE FEET OR HIGHER. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 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

$$

SANDRIK/LETRO

This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net