[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 101245
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-101530-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
845 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2007

...ANDREA DRIFTING SOUTHWEST OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE AND THE MAIN
IMPACTS TODAY WILL BE CHOPPY SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION ALONG THE
BEACHES.

...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 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.

THE STORM IS DRIFTING GENERALLY SOUTHWARD...AND THIS SLOW MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER OF ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE FROM THE
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST TODAY.

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

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH 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 GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SURF CONDITIONS AND MINOR 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 SURF.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. 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.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
SURF HAS DIMINISHED TO 2 TO 4 FEET THIS MORNING AND A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK. SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE SURF FULLY SUBSIDES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...MOST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE
EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS. RAINFALL OF ONE
HALF TO ONE INCH COULD OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. LOCALLY
HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. 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. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THOSE
AREAS LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

...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 11 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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