[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 100920 CCA
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-101230-

SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
515 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2007

...ANDREA SLIGHTLY WEAKENS EAST OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
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 GUSTY WINDS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU
AND SAINT 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 AM...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES EAST OF
MAYPORT FLORIDA.

ANDREA HAS BEEN DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS
AND A CONTINUED SLOW DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES MAINLY EAST OF THE
CENTER. SOME WEAKENING OF THE STORM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS EAST 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 AROUND TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...WINDS...
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...
SURF HAS BEEN IN THE SEVEN TO NINE 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. REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED AND BEACH
EROSION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...MOST 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. LOCALLY HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN
PONDING OF WATER AND STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS NEAR THE
COAST...FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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 WITH THIS
SYSTEM.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN
BANDS...ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS WITH SEAS
OF UP TO TEN FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 8 AM 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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