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WTUS82 KJAX 271516
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1116 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR LAND
AREAS BUT REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
SANDY IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

.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 CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0N...LONGITUDE 76.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 340 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FL...OR ABOUT 350 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GA. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
30 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS CONTINUE OFFSHORE BUT IMPACTS ALONG THE BEACHES ARE
LESSENING.

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

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE
RIVERS TODAY. BOATERS ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS. SEAS
AND ROUGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH TOMORROW BUT WILL
REMAIN HAZARDOUS. NUISANCE FLOODING WILL OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

FLZ024-025-271630-
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NASSAU-DUVAL-
1116 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED.

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

STAY INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.
PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

&&

...WINDS...
WHILE THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY IS PASSING ABOUT 300 MILES TO
THE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY...THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORM HAS LEAD TO OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
OVER THE BEACHES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER WIND GUSTS CONTINUING THROUGH TODAY. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES
AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE
TODAY. TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND
NUISANCE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SURF AND
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE WILL PROMOTE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

$$

FLZ033-038-271630-
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ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-
1116 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

&&

...WINDS...
WHILE THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY IS PASSING ABOUT 300 MILES TO
THE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY...THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORM HAS LEAD TO OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
OVER THE BEACHES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS CONTINUING THROUGH TODAY.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
BEACHES...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...AND THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER
BASIN.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE
TODAY. TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND
NUISANCE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SURF AND
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE WILL PROMOTE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

$$

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-272330-
/O.CON.KJAX.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1116 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH ABOUT
300 MILES OFFSHORE OF JACKSONVILLE TODAY...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.
SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND 20 AND 25 FEET
OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS WILL CONTINUE.

$$

SANDRIK






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