[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 280312
HLSJAX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1112 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING DROPPED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
OFFSHORE 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 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.9N...LONGITUDE 74.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 420 MILES EAST
OF JACKSONVILLE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 14 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

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

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS
OFFSHORE OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA TONIGHT. SEAS
AND ROUGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH TOMORROW BUT WILL
REMAIN HAZARDOUS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ470-472-474-281100-
/O.CON.KJAX.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
1112 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE IN PORT AND WELL SECURED UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY.
SEAS OF 10 TO 20 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.


$$

AMZ450-452-454-281100-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KJAX.HU.S.1018.121028T0312Z-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-
1112 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

$$

ABE



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