[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
757 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...TROPICAL STORM FRANCES NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
INLAND WALTON...COASTAL WALTON...HOLMES...JACKSON...WASHINGTON...
CALHOUN...BAY...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...
WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE...AND DIXIE.

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...AND HOUSTON.

IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...
COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...
LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...
TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...AND WORTH.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND TO DESTIN...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AND PANHANDLE...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FOR SOUTH GEORGIA AND
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...HURRICANE FRANCES WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1
NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.3 WEST...OR 15 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TAMPA
FLORIDA. FRANCES IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF FRANCES
SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO LATER TONIGHT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...OR 28.79 INCHES.
FRANCES MAY REGAIN CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE COAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DETERIORATE TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS SPREAD
NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE REGION. WINDS AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE...SO PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
RUSHED TO COMPLETION. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES.


...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL
TOTALS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN
URBAN AREAS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
RESIDENTS NEAR SMALL EARTHEN DAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING
WATER AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING IF THE DAM BREAKS. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS HEAVY RAIN REDUCES
VISIBILITY AND CAUSES FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MANY TROPICAL
CYCLONE RELATED DEATHS HAVE COME FROM MOTORISTS BEING SWEPT AWAY BY
RAPIDLY RISING WATER.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AN OUTER RAIN BAND MOVED THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON
CAUSING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SINCE THEN THE WINDS HAVE ABATED...BUT
WILL LIKELY INCREASE WHEN MORE RAIN BANDS MOVE THROUGH. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY APPROACH 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST IN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA BY MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER INLAND AREAS TONIGHT
THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY AS FRANCES MAKES LANDFALL AND MOVES SLOWLY
INLAND. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
WINDS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE STORM SURGE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF APALACHEE BAY WILL
REACH 4 TO 6 FEET ON MONDAY...BUT MAY REACH 6 TO 8 FEET IN WAKULLA
COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.

LOCAL TIDES OF INTEREST FOR MONDAY...

MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
LOW TIDE...1240 AM...HIGH TIDE...629 AM...
LOW TIDE...219 PM...HIGH TIDE...855 PM.

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
LOW TIDE...1218 AM...HIGH TIDE...606 AM...
LOW TIDE...238 PM...HIGH TIDE...936 PM.

APALACHICOLA...
LOW TIDE...137 AM...HIGH TIDE...751 AM...
LOW TIDE...506 PM.

...RIP CURRENTS...
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY FROM ST GEORGE ISLAND TO
DESTIN AS THE WAVE ACTION INCREASES.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTH GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THIS THREAT WILL SPREAD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AS FRANCES MOVES NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TORNADOES IN A TROPICAL CYCLONE CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY WITH LITTLE WARNING...ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT
TO SEE DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN...AND MOVE VERY
QUICKLY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

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