[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Thu Oct 6 11:13:05 CDT 2016

WTUS82 KJAX 061612
HLSJAX
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-070015-

HURRICANE MATTHEW LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  AL142016
1212 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016

THIS PRODUCT COVERS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

**DANGEROUS HURRICANE MATTHEW CLOSING IN ON FLORIDA**

NEW INFORMATION
---------------

* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - NONE

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
      NASSAU...DUVAL...CLAY...ST.
      JOHNS...PUTNAM...FLAGLER...GLYNN...AND CAMDEN
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
      COLUMBIA...BAKER...UNION...BRADFORD...ALACHUA...MARION...BACON...APPLING...WAYNE...WARE...PIERCE...BRANTLEY
      AND CHARLTON

* STORM INFORMATION:
    - ABOUT 430 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FL OR ABOUT 360
      MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLAGLER BEACH FL
    - 25.1N 77.8W
    - STORM INTENSITY 140 MPH
    - MOVEMENT NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT 14 MPH

SITUATION OVERVIEW
------------------

CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE MATTHEW IS HEADED TOWARDS SOUTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND TOWARDS NORTHEAST
FLORIDA ON FRIDAY. THE LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
FORECAST TRACK TURNS MATTHEW MORE TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST WHILE
NEARING THE FLORIDA EAST COAST THIS EVENING AND THEN MAKING LANDFALL
OR PARALLELING THE THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AS A
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE TO MAJOR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR INLAND
AREAS. EVERYONE SHOULD RUSH THEIR HURRICANE PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION
AND ANY REMAINING RELOCATIONS OR EVACUATIONS SHOULD BE
EXPEDITED AS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE VERY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING WIND HAVING POSSIBLE DEVASTATING
IMPACTS ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND AREAS ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, SOME WITH COMPLETE ROOF
      AND WALL FAILURES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES. DAMAGE
      GREATLY ACCENTUATED BY LARGE AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS
      MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS.
    - NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
      ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
    - MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN URBAN
      OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. MANY BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ACCESS
      ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
    - WIDESPREAD POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.

ALSO, PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
TO EXTENSIVE IMPACTS ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE DEVASTATING
IMPACTS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL
AREAS AND ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN
THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
      ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. STORM SURGE MAY EXTEND
      FAR INLAND IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND COASTAL GEORGIA
      AND YOU MAY STILL EXPERIENCE LIFE THREATENING FLOODING EVEN
      THOUGH YOU ARE NOT WITHIN SIGHT OF WATER. IF YOU ARE ASKED TO
      EVACUATE IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN
      IDENTIFIED AS BEING SUBJECT TO EXTREME STORM SURGE, PLEASE HEED
      THE ADVICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS! STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
      TO BUILDINGS, WITH MANY WASHING AWAY. DAMAGE GREATLY COMPOUNDED
      FROM CONSIDERABLE FLOATING DEBRIS. LOCATIONS MAY BE
      UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
    - NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
      SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS, SEAWALLS AND OTHER
      BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED OR UNDERMINED.
    - EXTREME BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED WITH NEW SHORELINE CUTS AND
      INLETS POSSIBLE.
    - MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
      NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY LIFTED
      ONSHORE AND STRANDED.

* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
EXTENSIVE IMPACTS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND AREAS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES.
    - RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
      MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY
      BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
      BECOME STRESSED.
    - FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
      COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED
      AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER ESCAPE ROUTES.
      STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF MOVING WATER WITH
      UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME DANGEROUS.
      MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.

PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
TO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS INLAND AREAS.

* TORNADOES:
PROTECT AGAINST A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS
ACROSS COASTAL NORTHEAST FLORIDA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - THE OCCURRENCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION
      OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS.
    - A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH POWER
      AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
    - LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS PEELED OFF BUILDINGS, CHIMNEYS
      TOPPLED, MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED,
      LARGE TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES
      KNOCKED OVER, MOVING VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS, AND SMALL BOATS
      PULLED FROM MOORINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
----------------------------------

* EVACUATIONS:
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, NEPTUNE BEACH, AND ATLANTIC BEACH ARE UNDER
AN EVACUATION ORDER. AMELIA ISLAND IS UNDER A EVACUATION
ORDER. COASTAL AND WATERFRONT ST JOHNS COUNTY
IS UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER INCLUDING PONTE VEDRA BEACH,
SOUTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH, VILANO BEACH, ST
AUGUSTINE BEACH, BUTLER BEACH, CRESCENT BEACH, SUMMER HAVEN,
AND AREAS ALONG THE RIVER AND WEST OF STATE ROAD 13 INCLUDING
HASTINGS. THE ORDER ALSO APPLIES FOR THOSE LIVING IN BOATS...
RVS...AND MOBILE HOMES.

CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER...
DOCTOR'S LAKE...AND THE EASTERN MOST TRIBUTARIES ARE ENCOURAGED
TO EVACUATE. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER VULNERABLE
HOUSING ARE ALSO BEING TOLD TO CONSIDER EVACUATING.

IN FLAGLER COUNTY...MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR ZONE
A...WHICH INCLUDES ALL AREAS EAST OF THE INTRACOASTAL INCLUDING
MARINELAND...HAMMOCK...AND FLAGLER BEACH ALONG A1A...ZONE B...WHICH
INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG COLBERT LANE TO THE SOUTH...ALL OF THE
C SECTION AND THE F SECTION EAST OF FLORIDA PARK DRIVE AND THE F SECTION
EAST OF PALM HARBOR PARKWAY. THIS ZONE ALSO INCLUDES THE AREA EAST OF
OLD KINGS ROAD...SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 100 INCLUDING BULOW AND ITS
ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD...GRAND HAVEN AND FLAGLER BEACH...AND ZONE F...
WHICH BEGAN AT 11 AM AND IS IN THE WESTERN SIDE OF FLAGLER COUNTY.
FLAGLER COUNTY IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO RESPECT THE EVACUATION ORDER
ESPECIALLY ON THE BARRIER ISLAND. ONCE SUSTAINED WINDS REACH 45 MPH...
THE BRIDGES WILL CLOSE IN FLAGLER COUNTY AND FIRST RESPONDERS WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE AREA. FOR THE LATEST STORM-RELATED UPDATES
AND A COPY OF THE EVACUATION ZONES IN FLAGLER COUNTY...GO TO
WWW.FLAGEREMERGENCY.COM. AS A REMINDER...A CALL IN CENTER IS OPEN
AND STAFFED AROUND THE CLOCK DURING THE STORM TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS
AT 386-586-5111.

IN NASSAU COUNTY...ZONES A...C...AND F ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

IN PUTNAM COUNTY...ALL LOW LYING AREAS AND SUBSTANDARD HOUSING IS
ENCOURAGED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. SHELTERS ARE OPENING IN
PUTNAM COUNTY AND WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY 3 PM. SHELTERS THAT
ARE OPENING IN PUTNAM COUNTY INCLUDE...OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY IN
MELROSE...INTERLACHEN ELEMENTARY AT CR 315 IN INTERLACHEN...BROWNING
PIERCE ELEMENTARY AT SR 17 IN SAN MATEO...AND MIDDLETON BURNEY
ELEMENTARY IN CRESCENT CITY.

FOR THOSE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, LEAVE AS
SOON AS PRACTICAL WITH A DESTINATION IN MIND. GAS UP YOUR VEHICLE
WELL AHEAD OF TIME. BE SURE THAT YOU TAKE ALL ESSENTIAL MATERIALS
FROM YOUR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES KIT. LET OTHERS KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING
AND WHEN YOU INTEND TO ARRIVE.

IF EVACUATING THE AREA, STICK TO PRESCRIBED EVACUATION ROUTES.
LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INFORMATION ON ROADWAY
SMART SIGNS AND LISTEN TO SELECT RADIO CHANNELS FOR FURTHER TRAVEL
INSTRUCTIONS. DRIVERS SHOULD NOT USE CELL PHONES WHILE OPERATING
VEHICLES.

IF YOU ARE EXCEPTIONALLY VULNERABLE TO WIND OR
WATER HAZARDS FROM TROPICAL SYSTEMS, CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION,
ESPECIALLY IF BEING OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED. RELOCATE TO A
PREDETERMINED SHELTER OR SAFE DESTINATION.

IF EVACUATING AWAY FROM THE AREA OR RELOCATING
TO A NEARBY SHELTER, LEAVE EARLY BEFORE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOME
HAZARDOUS.

* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING TO COMPLETION ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN.

OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE
WEATHER CONDITIONS COMPLETELY DETERIORATE. ANY REMAINING EVACUATIONS
AND RELOCATIONS SHOULD BE EXPEDITED BEFORE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND.

IF YOU ARE RELOCATING TO SAFE SHELTER, LEAVE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. IF
HEADING TO A COMMUNITY SHELTER, BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE SHELTER
RULES BEFORE ARRIVAL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR OWN A
PET. TAKE ESSENTIAL ITEMS WITH YOU FROM YOUR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES KIT.
CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE DEPARTING.

FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY
ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED. REMEMBER, DURING THE STORM 9 1 1 EMERGENCY
SERVICES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND IF CONDITIONS ARE
UNSAFE. THIS SHOULD BE A BIG FACTOR IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.

CHECK-IN WITH YOUR EMERGENCY POINTS OF CONTACT AMONG FAMILY, FRIENDS,
AND WORKMATES. INFORM THEM OF YOUR STATUS AND WELL-BEING. LET THEM
KNOW HOW YOU INTEND TO RIDE OUT THE STORM AND WHEN YOU PLAN TO
CHECK-IN AGAIN.

KEEP CELL PHONES WELL CHARGED AND HANDY. ALSO, CELL PHONE CHARGERS
FOR AUTOMOBILES CAN BE HELPFUL AFTER THE STORM. LOCATE YOUR CHARGERS
AND KEEP THEM WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.

IN EMERGENCIES IT IS BEST TO REMAIN CALM. STAY INFORMED AND FOCUSED
ON THE SITUATION AT HAND. EXERCISE PATIENCE WITH THOSE YOU ENCOUNTER.
BE A GOOD SAMARITAN AND HELPFUL TO OTHERS.

IF RELOCATING TO A NEARBY SHELTER OR TO THE HOME OF A FAMILY MEMBER
OR FRIEND, DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION, ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
REMEMBER, MANY BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS WILL BE CLOSED ONCE HIGHER WINDS
ARRIVE. ALSO, IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERING THE ROAD, SEEK AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALWAYS OBEY OFFICIAL ROAD SIGNS FOR CLOSURES AND
DETOURS.

IF YOU ARE A VISITOR AND STILL IN THE AREA, LISTEN FOR THE NAME OF
THE CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH YOU ARE STAYING WITHIN LOCAL NEWS UPDATES.
BE SURE YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE COUNTY OR PARISH IN WHICH IT
RESIDES. PAY ATTENTION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. BE READY TO ADAPT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG

NEXT UPDATE
-----------

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL AROUND 6 PM EDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$
This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net