[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 092053
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-100030-

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

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT THIS TIME...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE AND
THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM ANDREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
BEACHES WITH HIGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND SOME GUSTY WINDS.

...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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA
SOUTH 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 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.8 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES...
EAST-NORTHEAST OF MAYPORT FLORIDA.

ANDREA IS MOVING ERRATICALLY BUT GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5
MPH.  A CONTINUED SLOW MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. THE SYSTEM IS NOT
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS EAST AND NORTH OF THE STORM CENTER. 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 HIGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND SOME
GUSTY WINDS 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 CONDITIONS.

...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 AND SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER LAND. 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 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
WITH STRONGER RAINBANDS.

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 SEAS 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 8 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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