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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
455 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...WEAK TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
AREA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4N...LONGITUDE 79.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES
EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FL. STORM MOTION WAS SSE OR 150 DEGREES AT
5 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM. IT IS
EXPECTED TO TURN EASTWARD THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHEASTWARD
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...TAKING ALBERTO FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE
PRIMARY IMPACT FROM ALBERTO TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED
WINDS AND SEAS OVER COASTAL WATERS.

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

MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE
MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO UPON THE AREA.

AMZ450-211000-
/O.CAN.KJAX.HU.S.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
455 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS TODAY...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS
WILL BE 10 TO 15 KNOTS TODAY...DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
TONIGHT. SEAS WILL DECREASE FROM 3 TO 5 FT TODAY TO 2 TO 3 FT
TONIGHT.

$$

AMZ472-474-211000-
/O.CAN.KJAX.HU.S.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
455 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS TODAY...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS WILL BE 15
TO 20 KNOTS TODAY...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...DECREASING
TO 10 KNOTS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY FROM 5 TO 7 FT
TODAY TO 4 TO 6 FT TONIGHT.

$$

AMZ470-211000-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KJAX.HU.S.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
455 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS TODAY...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 KNOTS
TODAY...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...DECREASING TO 15
KNOTS LATE IN THE DAY AND 10 KNOTS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL DECREASE
FROM 5 TO 7 FT TODAY TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT.

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