[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
215 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

...JEANNE WEAKENS TO DEPRESSION...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
CANCELLED...

...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 WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM...
...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NASSAU...BAKER...COLUMBIA...
HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...UNION...BRADFORD...CLAY...DUVAL...GILCHRIST...
ALACHUA AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ATKINSON...
WARE...CLINCH...ECHOLS...PIERCE...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON AND CAMDEN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 500 PM...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 83.7 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF
MACON GEORGIA. JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14
MPH...AND A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

DUE TO THE STRENUOUS CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE... OCCASIONAL
GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WELL
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE
THEREFORE DISCONTINUED. WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 800
PM THIS EVENING. WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL
ACROSS THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING.

AT 200 PM WIND GUSTS UP TO 43 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. OTHER RECENT LOCAL WIND GUSTS REPORTS...
CRAIG FIELD...42 MPH
NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE...38 MPH
ST AUGUSTINE...29 MPH
OCALA...38 MPH
GAINESVILLE...38 MPH
VALDOSTA...30 MPH
WAYCROSS...35 MPH
ALMA...39 MPH
DOUGLAS...28 MPH
ST SIMONS...31 MPH
BRUNSWICK...23 MPH


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AVOID DOWNED POWER LINES AND REMEMBER TO TREAT ALL DOWNED POWERLINES
AS IF THEY WERE LIVE. GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN WELL
VENTILATED AREAS...DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN GARAGES OR SHEDS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ON THE OPEN OCEAN HAVE RETURNED TO NEAR NORMAL.
TIDES ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO BE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TODAY. TIDES ON THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL BE SLOW TO
DECREASE AND MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO RETURN TO NORMAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
MUCH OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREA ARE CONTINUING
TO SEE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.
THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO
HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RESIDUAL RAIN BANDS...MOSTLY IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A RENEWED OR CONTINUED THREAT OF
FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NONE

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE ON JEANNE.

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LETRO

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