[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
758 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004

...FRANCES MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

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

IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...

GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON
...TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE AND DIXIE.

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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANNEE
RIVER TO ST MARKS...
...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...
...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 THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH AND A GENERALLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY OVER WATER. FURTHER WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED AS FRANCES MOVES INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH FRANCES HAS WEAKENED AND CONTINUES TO MOVE
INLAND...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POOR THE REST OF THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. RESIDENTS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES AND POOR TRAVELING
CONDITIONS.

...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. SO FAR THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE BIG BEND WITH
TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW OCCURRING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT OVER GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...AS RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY
IN URBAN AND 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 HAS
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AS HEAVY RAIN GREATLY 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...
IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...OBSERVATIONS IN FROM THE LOCAL AREA INDICATE SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING...MAINLY
EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...OBSERVATIONS INDICATE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER...LOCAL MARINE BUOYS SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. 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 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT...MAINLY FROM THE SAINT MARKS RIVER TO THE
SUWANNEE RIVER. DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS...SUSTAINED ONSHORE WINDS IN
THIS REGION COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

LOCAL TIDES OF INTEREST FOR TODAY...

MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
LOW TIDE...126 AM TUESDAY. HIGH TIDE...724 AM TUESDAY.

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
LOW TIDE...100 AM TUESDAY. HIGH TIDE...648 AM TUESDAY.

APALACHICOLA...
HIGH TIDE...834 AM TUESDAY.

...RIP CURRENTS...
STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ST GEORGE ISLAND TO
DESTIN DUE TO THE INCREASED WAVE ACTION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 12 AM EDT BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

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