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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH THIS EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE
WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...NASSAU...DUVAL...COASTAL GLYNN AND
COASTAL CAMDEN...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL
A CONCERN.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.9N...LONGITUDE 80.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 90 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FL...OR ABOUT 80 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GA. STORM MOTION WAS SW OR
235 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS STARTED TO MAKE A SLOW TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST. THE MAIN LOCAL IMPACTS
FROM THE STORM WILL BE ELEVATED WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS....ELEVATED SEAS...AND A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWARD
THIS EVENING...AND AWAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST REGION TONIGHT AND
MONDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FLZ024-025-GAZ154-166-211515-
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NASSAU-DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND GUSTY WINDS...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA OR NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...AND WINDY
CONDITIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

THE CLOSENESS OF THE STORM PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR
HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...MAKE ONE. IF
YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR PLAN...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR AMERICAN RED CROSS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF EITHER TROPICAL STORM OR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT...NOR ARE THEY LIKELY UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST FOR
SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE. AT THIS TIME...REMAIN CALM AND STAY INFORMED.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A VERY LOW CHANCE THAT A WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO COULD
IMPACT THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.

$$

AMZ450-452-472-211515-
/O.CON.KJAX.HU.S.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED WINDS AND
SEAS TO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS NEAR
35 KNOTS OVER THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BRUNSWICK TO
FERNANDINA BEACH. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONES AND EVALUATE THEIR STATE OF READINESS FOR THIS
SEASON.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF EITHER TROPICAL STORM OR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT...NOR ARE THEY LIKELY UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL NEAR 20 TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING
OVER THE WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL
DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE STORM BEGINS TO TRACK
NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS.

THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE. AT THIS TIME...REMAIN CALM AND STAY INFORMED.

SEAS WILL BUILD 6 TO 10 FEET OFFSHORE THIS EVENING...THEN SUBSIDE
SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE MONDAY.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
THERE IS A LOW CHANCE THAT A WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO COULD IMPACT
THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS EVENING.

$$

AMZ470-211515-
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/O.NEW.KJAX.TR.W.1001.120520T2209Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

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