[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KJAX 051545
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FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ150-154-162>166-051900-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1144 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...FRANCES SLOGGING ITS WAY THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE CONTENT OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO
BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA...NASSAU...DUVAL...ST. JOHNS...FLAGLER...BAKER...CLAY...
PUTNAM...MARION...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...UNION...
BRADFORD...ALACHUA AND GILCHRIST. IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN...
CHARLTON...CLINCH...ECHOLS AND GLYNN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND
GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
INLAND COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT INCLUDING......
NASSAU...DUVAL...ST. JOHNS...FLAGLER...BAKER...CLAY...PUTNAM...
MARION...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...UNION...BRADFORD...ALACHUA
AND GILCHRIST IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...
ECHOLS AND GLYNN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AS WELL AS THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA TO FLAGLER BEACH
FLORIDA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  81.2 WEST...ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHEAST OF SEBRING AND 80 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA
FLORIDA.

THE LARGE CIRCULATION OF FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 9 MPH.  A CONTINUED WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK ACROSS
THE PENINSULA IS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRANCES SHOULD MOVE OVER THE
GULF OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CORE OF FRANCES
MOVES OVER LAND.

RAINBANDS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH FLORIDA AREA
WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS.
SEVERAL UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED WITH POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN SEVERAL AREAS.

RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND INTO MONDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IN THE WARNING AREAS
SHOULD BE COMPLETED. INTERESTS IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE
URGED TO TAKE ACTIONS TO SECURE LIFE AND PROPERTY PRIOR THE ONSET OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. BEACHES WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF HIGH TIDES...HEAVY SURF...AND HIGH WINDS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED TODAY. HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TIME FRAME ACROSS NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IS LIKELY NEAR THE TIMES OF
THE HIGHEST TIDES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE BEACHES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH
IN THE REST OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. FARTHER INLAND...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE BEING REPORTED WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH IN
PUTNAM...MARION AND ALACHUA COUNTIES...AND THESE WILL SPREAD OVER
THE REMAINDER OF INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
WINDS OVER THE FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE AT 40 TO 50 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BE NEAR 20
FEET TODAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT. THE GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS WILL SEE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COAST THROUGH THE REST
OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...CONTINUING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
DEPENDING UPON THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT...SOME AREAS ALONG AND JUST TO
THE RIGHT OF THE PATH COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...
WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF FURTHER FROM THE TRACK. HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD BEGIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

BASED ON THE PREDICTED TRACK OF FRANCES THROUGH MONDAY...RAINFALL
TOTALS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2 TO
4 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER WEST. HOWEVER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS
COULD BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER IF THE STORM TRACK WERE TO BE SLOWER
OR FURTHER TO THE EAST.

IF THE PROJECTED RAINFALL MATERIALIZES...RIVER STAGES WILL APPROACH
FLOOD STAGE ON THE ST. MARYS RIVER...SANTA FE RIVER...AND THE NORTH
FORK OF BLACK CREEK. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN NORTH FLORIDA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 PM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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LETRO

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