[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1050 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...FLOOD WARNINGS OUT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE CONTENT OF THIS 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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH
FLORIDA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA...
...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...AND WAYNE...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...APPLING...
PIERCE...WARE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND
ECHOLS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR ATKINSON...
BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...ECHOLS...GLYNN...PIERCE
AND WARE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NASSAU...DUVAL...ST.
JOHNS...FLAGLER...BRADFORD...CLAY...PUTNAM...ALACHUA...UNION...
BAKER...GILCHRIST...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.8 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST-
NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.

JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF JEANNE SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FURTHER
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND JEANNE COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE
CENTER. DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...THE FOLLOWING WIND GUSTS HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA...69 MPH AT ST. AUGUSTINE
C-MAN STATION...60 MPH AT KEATON BEACH...59 MPH AT CROSS CITY...58
MPH AT THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM TOWER IN GAINESVILLE
...56 MPH AT THE MAYPORT NAVAL BASE AND ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT...
53 MPH AT THE JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION.  ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHERN GEORGIA...A GUST TO 52 MPH WAS REPORTED AT VALDOSTA.

WHILE JEANNE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM...RAINBANDS
CONTAINING POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE CONTINUING TO
SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. IF YOU LOSE POWER...REMEMBER THAT
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 OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TONIGHT. AS WE ARE NOW PAST THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE...IN
MOST AREAS...WATER LEVELS SHOULD GRADUALLY FALL OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF ALREADY HIGH WATER LEVELS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED. THESE CONDITIONS
SHOULD BEGIN TO EASE AS THE TIDES FALL AND RAINFALL ABATES TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FLAGLER AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT OCCASIONAL
SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO
VERY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH SUNRISE.

IN DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH
AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE LONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES AND
THE ST JOHNS RIVER.

CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES...WINDS OF TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55
MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS RAINBANDS CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD.

IN MARION...PUTNAM AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY
SHIFT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND WESTERLY AS
THE CENTER MOVES NORTH OF THE COUNTIES. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE 30
TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL VERY
SLOWLY IMPROVE TOWARD SUNRISE.

IN ALACHUA...CLAY...UNION...AND BRADFORD COUNTIES...SQUALL BANDS WILL
CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
OCCASIONALLY BE AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER GUSTS IN
THE STRONGER BANDS. WINDS AND RAIN SHOULD VERY SLOWLY TAPER
OFF THROUGH SUNRISE.

FOR BAKER...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...WINDS WILL
OCCASIONALLY REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF TO 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH OVERNIGHT.

INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. HIGH SURF
AND BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT
LIKELY BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER AREAS OF NORTH FLORIDA SOUTH OF
STATE ROAD 16 AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE REMAINDER OF
NORTH FLORIDA THROUGH 3 AM.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT.  4 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE STORM CENTER... MAY
FALL TONIGHT.

AS JEANNE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY A BAND OF RAIN MAY MOVE
OUT OF APALACHEE BAY AND ACROSS THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STORM
ARE FAIRLY DRY AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT BAND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINS...HOWEVER AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY FALL
IN THOSE AREAS ON MONDAY.

FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 8 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED AND REMEMBER THAT FLOODING IN PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT
NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A RENEWED OR CONTINUED THREAT OF
FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE BLACK CREEK AT MIDDLEBURG AND THE ST MARYS RIVER AT MACCLENNY.
BLACK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 17.2 FEET AT 2 AM ON TUESDAY AND
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6 AM ON WEDNESDAY.  THE ST MARYS RIVER AT
MACCLENNY IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 15.7 FEET AT 8 AM ON TUESDAY AND
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON FRIDAY.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR MOST OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REISSUED FOR
A PORTION OF THE AREA. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH
FLORIDA AND ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. 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 230 AM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

SANDRIK

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