[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1108 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO
ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...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...BRADFORD...CLAY...
PUTNAM...ALACHUA...MARION...UNION...BAKER...GILCHRIST...COLUMBIA...
SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON. IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN...GLYNN...
WAYNE...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...APPLING...PIERCE...WARE...JEFF DAVIS...
BACON...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND ECHOLS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ST AUGUSTINE
SOUTHWARD...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE
TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA...
...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE
FLORIDA TO THE ALTAMAHA SOUND IN GEORGIA...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND
MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
SUWANNEE...HAMILTON AND UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE...
BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...APPLING...PIERCE...WARE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON...
COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND ECHOLS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST JUST TO THE WEST OF
MARSH HARBOR ON THE ABACO ISLAND OR ABOUT 75 MILES... 120 KM...
EAST OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
155 MILES...250 KM...EAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CORE OF JEANNE WILL CONTINUE NEAR OR OVER THE REMAINDER
OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TODAY...AND APPROACH THE SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF FLORIDA TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.

JEANNE HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 115
MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.REMEMBER A HURRICANE WARNING
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME PORTION OF THE
WARNING AREA. ALL EXPECTED IMPACTS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
ULTIMATE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF JEANNE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PUT YOUR FAMILYS HURRICANE
PLAN INTO EFFECT AND HEED THE ADVICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS. EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REVIEW YOUR FAMILYS
HURRICANE PLAN AND HURRICANE KIT. MARINE INTERESTS IN NORMALLY FLOOD
PRONE AREAS MAY WISH TO SECURE PROPERTY WHICH COULD FLOOD. RESIDENTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.

REMEMBER GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS...DO
NOT RUN GENERATORS IN GARAGES OR SHEDS. NEVER USE CANDLES OR ANY OPEN
FLAME FOR LIGHTING DUE TO THE RISK OF FIRE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. BY
TONIGHT...TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF NORMAL TIDES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH VALUES UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DUE TO PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS...
TIDE LEVELS ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER ARE ALREADY ABOVE NORMAL. COMBINED
WITH ALREADY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES.
WINDS COULD INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN PORTIONS OF
ALACHUA...CLAY...PUTNAM AND MARION COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA DURING
THE DAY ON SUNDAY. BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECAST
OF HURRICANE JEANNE...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STRONG TROPICAL STORM
WITH POSSIBLE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EARLY ON SUNDAY FOR ST JOHNS...
FLAGLER...PUTNAM AND MARION COUNTIES...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
OCCURRING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FARTHER INLAND...WINDS WILL APPROACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN PUTNAM...ST. JOHNS...FLAGLER AND MARION COUNTIES
AND MAY APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE BY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WINDS
WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY APPROACH
TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT. HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE IN THE 6 TO 8 FOOT
RANGE TODAY AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SURF AND
BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
HURRICANE JEANNE WILL POSE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES
NORTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AREAS
ALONG THE PATH COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. SUCH
RAINS WOULD POSE A RENEWED THREAT OF FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 530 PM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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LETRO

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