[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1129 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...RAINBANDS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER NORTHEAST 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...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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF ST.
AUGUSTINE TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ATKINSON...
BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...ECHOLS...GLYNN...PIERCE
AND WARE...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...MARION...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE...AND UNION COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
WAYNE...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...APPLING...PIERCE...WARE...JEFF DAVIS...
BACON...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND ECHOLS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

...STORM INFORMATION...
RAINBANDS HAVE NOW NORTHWARD INTO ST. JOHNS...PUTNAM...MARION...AND
ALACHUA COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE
REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA BY TONIGHT.

AT 11 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF JEANNE NEAR THE TAMPA BAY
AREA IN A FEW HOURS...AND NEAR OR JUST OFFSHORE OF THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST TO THE NORTH OF TAMPA BAY LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
JEANNE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH LATER TODAY.

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
AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.

...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.

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...
TIDES AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF NORMAL TIDES ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. THESE TIDAL VALUES ARE DUE TO BOTH THE EFFECTS OF THE
HURRICANE AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING
FULL MOON. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DUE TO PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS...
TIDE LEVELS ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND OTHER COASTAL WATERWAYS ARE
ALREADY ABOVE NORMAL. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TIDES AND POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
DEPENDANT UPON THE RIVER FOR DRAINAGE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME
FOR SUCH CONDITIONS WILL BE AROUND THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH
TIDE THIS EVENING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
DUVAL...ST. JOHNS AND NASSAU COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING OCCASIONAL
GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
FLAGLER COUNTY THIS MORNING AND THESE CONDIITONS WILL CONTINUE AS
ADDTIONAL BANDS MOVE IN. THE AREA FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTHWARD WILL
HAVE A RISK OF WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE IN STRONGER
BANDS.

CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER
GUSTS LATER TODAY AS RAINBANDS BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTHWARD.

FOR MARION...PUTNAM...ALACHUA...CLAY...UNION...BRADFORD AND
GILCHRIST COUNTIES...SQUALL BANDS WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY BE
AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER GUSTS AS STRONGER BANDS
CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

FOR BAKER...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THIS AFTERNOON AS
STRONGER RAIN BANDS MOVE NORTHWARD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS SQUALL BANDS SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION WILL
CONTINUE TO WORSEN TODAY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BECOME THE GREATEST IMPACT FROM JEANNE ACROSS
NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK...HURRICANE JEANNE WILL BRING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE COASTAL AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND
TO THE RIGHT OF THE STORM TRACK. THESE RAINS WILL POSE A RENEWED OR
CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS.

AS JEANNE MOVES OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF APALACHEE BAY
IT MAY BEGIN TO TAP MOISTURE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN GULF AND APALACHEE
BAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL VALUES OVER
PORTIONS THE SUWANNEE VALLEY INTO MONDAY.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR ALL ON NORTH
FLORIDA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STORM'S CIRCULATION...
WHICH IS A FAVORED LOCATION FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. REMEMBER THAT
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES...CAN
AND OFTEN DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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LETRO

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