** WTUS82 KTBW 130618 *** HLSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-060-130930- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 215 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH LANDFALL EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER BY MID MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM LONGBOAT KEY THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...PASCO...HERNANDO... CITRUS AND LEVY. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO LONGBOAT KEY...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER... AND PASCO COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY FOR LEVY...CITRUS... HERNANDO... SUMTER...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK... MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR LEE... CHARLOTTE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST...ABOUT 145 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAMPA...OR 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECRESED SLIGHTLY TO 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION...IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...WINDS... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE IN RAIN SQUALLS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 THIS MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF HERNANDO...CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES ARE RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR KEY. A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...5 TO 6 FEET ALONG HERNANDO AND PASCO COUNTY...6 TO 8 FEET IN CITRUS COUNTY...AND 7 TO 10 FEET IN LEVY COUNTY. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. THE STORM SURGE JUST SOUTH OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE. ...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE GROUND TO ABSORB A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ...BEACH EROSION... SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL MAKE THE SURF CHOPPY AND CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT TODAY. ...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 530 AM TUESDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ CP ** WTCA41 TJSJ 130626 *** TCPSP1 BOLETIN TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 12A NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL012006 200 AM EDT MARTES 13 DE JUNIO DE 2006 ...ALBERTO NO SE FORTALECE A MEDIDA QUE SE ACERCA A LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE LA FLORIDA... CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE LA FLORIDA DESDE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA EL RIO OCHLOCKONEE. UN AVISO DE HURACAN SIGNIFICA QUE SE ESPERAN CONDICIONES DE HURACAN DENTRO DEL AREA BAJO AVISO DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. LOS PREPARATIVOS PARA PROTEGER VIDA Y PROPIEDAD DEBEN COMPLETARSE A LA MAYOR BREVEDAD. ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL DESDE EL SUR DE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA ENGLEWOOD...Y DESDE EL OESTE DEL RIO OCHLOCKONEE HASTA INDIAN PASS. TAMBIEN ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO DESDE FLAGER BEACH FLORIDA HACIA EL NORTE HASTA SAVANNAH RIVER...Y PARA LA FRONTERA DE GEORGIA Y CAROLINA DEL SUR. UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SIGNIFICA QUE SE ESPERAN CONDICIONES DE TORMENTA TROPICAL EN EL AREA BAJO AVISO DENTRO DE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...REFIERASE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA DE METEOROLOGIA LOCAL. A LAS 200 AM EDT...0600Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 28.8 NORTE...LONGITUD 84.4 OESTE O COMO 85 MILLAS...140 KILOMETROS...AL OESTE-SUROESTE DE CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A CERCA DE 10 MPH...17 KILOMETROS POR HORA...Y SE ESPERA QUE CONTINUE CON ESTE MOVIMIENTO GENERAL DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. SE ESPERA QUE EL CENTRO DE ALBERTO LLEGUE A LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE LA FLORIDA DENTRO DEL AREA BAJO AVISO TARDE ESTA MANANA. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 65 MPH...105 KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. AUNQUE ALBERTO SE HA DEBILITADO UN POCO...TODAVIA EXISTE ALGUN POTENCIAL PARA QUE SE VUELVA A FORTALECER ANTES DE ENTRAR A TIERRA. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 175 MILLAS...280 KILOMETROS...MAYORMENTE AL SURESTE DEL CENTRO. OBSERVACIONES DE SUPERFICIE INDICAN QUE SE ESTAN SINTIENDO VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE LA FLORIDA DESDE VENICE HACIA EL NORTE HASTA APALACHEE BAY. LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA ESTIMADA ES DE 995 MB...29.38 PULGADAS. SE PUEDEN ESPERAR INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADAS CICLONICAS DE 8 A 10 PIES SOBRE LOS NIVELES NORMALES DE LA MAREA SOBRE UNA PARTE EXTENSA DEL AREA BAJO AVISO. LOS NIVELES DE LAS MAREAS YA ESTAN SOBRE DOS PIES SOBRE LOS NIVELES NORMALES. CANTIDADES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 4 A 8 PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES AISLADAS MAXIMAS DE HASTA 10 PULGADAS...SON POSIBLES HASTA EL MARTES A TRAVES DE LAS PARTES CENTRALES Y DEL NORTE DE LA FLORIDA Y EL SUR Y SURESTE DE GEORGIA. SON POSIBLES TORNADOS AISLADOS SOBRE PARTES DEL CENTRO Y NORTE DE LA FLORIDA...Y SOBRE EL SUR DE GEORGIA ESTA NOCHE Y EL MARTES. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 200 AM EDT...28.8 NORTE...84.4 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 10 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...65 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...995 MB. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 500 AM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR FRANKLIN/MAINELLI $$ ** WTUS82 KMLB 130631 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 131016- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 231 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO NOT STRENGTHENING AS IT APPROACHES THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. PERSONS IN ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST TRACK AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES THROUGH TODAY. ON THE COAST...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES...TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES WEST- SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE FLORIDA GULF COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH ALBERTO HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR RE-STRENGTHENING PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDIANS...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD BE RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION FOR LOCATIONS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. FACTOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ALBERTO INTO YOUR FAMILY OR BUSINESS PLANS FOR TODAY...KEEPING SAFETY AS YOUR FIRST CONCERN. ALSO...TURN ON THE AUTO ALERT FEATURE OF YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD APALACHEE BAY TODAY. RAINBANDS IN THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH...FOR PARTS OF LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO MIDDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WILL LIKELY GUST OVER 50 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS. THE FORECAST FOR THE NEARBY COUNTIES OF ORANGE... SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA...IS FOR WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES... A FEW FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM EDT...GENERALLY FROM AROUND SEBASTIAN AND YEEHAW JUNCTION NORTHWARD. THE TORNADO THREAT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE WITH THE INTENSE RAINBAND EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER LAKE AND POLK COUNTIES. THIS BAND WILL DRIFT EAST OVER ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES BY 5 AM. ...INLAND FLOODING... WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN FLORIDA...WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OCCUR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR. WIDESPREAD FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME AS WATER RETENTION AREAS CAN HANDLE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF. HOWEVER...TEMPORARY INUNDATION OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE LOCALLY POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... WITH THE FORECAST WIND DIRECTION TO EVENTUALLY BECOME OFFSHORE...THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WITH HEIGHTS LESS THAN 2 FEET...MAINLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD. SURF CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. ...MARINE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH...ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET TODAY WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE TODAY...GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS...DAMAGING SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ DD ** WTUS82 KCHS 130635 *** HLSCHS AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-131100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 235 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO MAKE LANDFALL IN NORTHERN FLORIDA AROUND MIDDAY TODAY... ...HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA LATER TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BUT REMAINS ON A COURSE TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE FLORIDA GULF COAST. THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADJUSTED BASED ON THE 200 AM EDT ADVISORY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO THE ALTAMAHA SOUND. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CHATHAM... BRYAN...LIBERTY AND MCINTOSH...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS INDICATES THAT SUSTAINED WINDS CAN REACH 39 MPH OR GREATER IN THE WARNING AREA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER...295 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH AND 380 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 MPH. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT THE SYSTEM WILL REACH THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA CLOSE TO NOON TODAY. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE IN A MORE FAVORABLE LOCATION TO EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS FROM THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. AFTER COORDINATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THERE ARE NO EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KT OR HIGHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE UP TO 25 OR 30 KT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST DURING THIS TIME. THIS WILL RESULT IN TIDES THAT ARE AT LEAST 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES. THESE HIGH TIDES ARE ALREADY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS WITH THE RECENT FULL MOON AND THE UPCOMING PERIGEE. TIDE LEVELS WILL BE FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY THE STRONG ONSHORE WIND...INCREASING SURF AND LOW PRESSURE AS ALBERTO APPROACHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS ALBERTO MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY...WINDS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST FROM TYBEE ISLAND TO SAPELO ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS SAVANNAH AND PEMBROKE. WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS CLAXTON...REIDSVILLE AND LUDOWICI. HIGHEST WINDS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WINDS REACH UP TO 30 MPH NEAR AND ALONG THE COAST. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA WINDS WILL BE MAINLY 25 MPH OR LESS. HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE ELEVATED BRIDGES IN METROPOLITAN AREAS OF CHARLESTON... BEAUFORT AND SAVANNAH. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST AND STEADIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH THESE AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS...IF YOU EXPERIENCE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS IN AND NEAR HIGH TIDE. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT PARTS OF OUR AREA ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING TORNADOES. REMEMBER THAT TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE TO NO ADVANCE NOTICE DURING TROPICAL STORMS. REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD WATCHES OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED AT A LATER TIME. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE AREA BEACHES TODAY...AS DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER TODAY DUE TO THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. ...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS... THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SURF WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 600 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ ** WTIN20 DEMS 130700 *** TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK ------------------------ DEMS - RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONES NEW DELHI 13-06-2006 (.) TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (THE BAY OF BENGAL AND ARABIAN SEA ) VALID FOR NEXT 24 HOURS ISSUED AT 0600 UTC (.) CONVECTIVE CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL BAY OF BENGAL AND ADJOINING NORTH ANDAMAN SEA (.) RIDGE LINE AT 200 HPA RUNS ALONG LAT. 20.0 DEG. NORTH OVER INDIAN REGION (.) ** WTUS82 KTAE 130710 *** HLSTAE FLZ008-012-014>019-026>029-034-GAZ146>148-156>161-GMZ750-755-770- 775-131300- TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WEAKENS SLIGHTLY AS IT NEARS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS APALACHEE BAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 11 PM EDT MONDAY... BUT IT CONTINUES ON ITS NORTHEASTWARD TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST. WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WERE BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF AND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. THIS INCLUDES DIXIE...TAYLOR...JEFFERSON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS...WHICH INCLUDES FRANKLIN COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 AM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. ALBERTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL PUT THE CENTER OF ALBERTO AT THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT ALBERTO COULD RE-STRENGTHEN A LITTLE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED LOWEST PRESSURE WAS 995 MB...OR 29.38 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTH GEORGIA...NORTH FLORIDA...AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THE WORST OF THE WEATHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WELL BEFORE THE STORM CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AS OF 2 AM EDT...TIDES WERE GENERALLY ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST OF APALACHEE BAY. A STORM SURGE OF 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY...AND COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS REMAINING IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER AT 737 AM TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT ST MARKS WILL BE AT 447 AM AND AT 318 PM EDT TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT APALACHICOLA WILL OCCUR AT 846 AM AND 405 PM EDT TODAY. ...WINDS... A FEW WEATHER STATIONS HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. A GUST TO 44 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 108 AM EDT...AS A RAIN BAND FROM ALBERTO MOVED THROUGH OVER THE AREA. AT 2 AM THE SUSTAINED WIND AT CEDAR KEY WAS 35 MPH...WITH A GUST TO 41 MPH. THE C TOWER IN APALACHEE BAY HAD A SUSTAINED WIND OF 47 MPH WITH A GUST TO 54 MPH...BUT THE WIND INSTRUMENT IS 100 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHERE WIND SPEEDS CAN BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE SURFACE. AT 245 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE SHOWED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL ABOVE THE SURFACE OVER APALACHEE BAY...BUT THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE STORM CENTER. SUCH STORMS ARE NEEDED TO TRANSPORT THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE...AS WAS THE CASE WHEN THE HEAVY RAINS MOVED OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND EARLIER TONIGHT...CAUSING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ACROSS LEON COUNTY. IF MORE RAIN BANDS DEVELOP NEAR THE STORM CENTER...THEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE BIG BEND WOULD INCREASE. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST OF APALACHEE BAY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN CAUSE LARGE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES. UNSECURED ITEMS LIKE PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN OVER OR DISPLACED. SPORADIC...BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES CAN BE DIFFICULT IN THESE CONDITIONS. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE TALLAHASSEE RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE IF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT... AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER. ...TORNADOS... SO FAR NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...BUT THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 7 AM EDT. $$ FOURNIER ** WTNT41 KNHC 130838 *** TCDAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO DISCUSSION NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 WITH A SLUG OF DRY AIR OVERTAKING THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION... ALBERTO'S CHANCES OF BECOMING A HURRICANE ARE EVAPORATING. THERE IS NO DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER AND THE CYCLONE IS TAKING ON A LESS-THAN-TROPICAL APPEARANCE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WIND FIELD HAS ALSO BROADENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS OR SO. PEAK 850 MB FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS FROM THE LAST RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT WERE 64 KT...WHICH GIVEN THE RELATIVE LACK OF CONVECTION...WOULD CORRESPOND TO ABOUT 50 KT AT THE SURFACE. A QUIKSCAT PASS NEAR 0Z DID SHOW WINDS AS HIGH AS 55 KT...WHICH WILL BE THE ADVISORY INTENSITY FOR THIS PACKAGE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. THE INITIAL MOTION IS 035/8. AS A MID-LATITUDE SHORT WAVE MOVES EASTWARD OFF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD...BUILDING HEIGHTS BEHIND THE TROUGH ARE EXPECTED TO NUDGE THE TRACK A LITTLE TO THE LEFT BEFORE ALBERTO GETS PICKED UP BY THE NEXT SHORT WAVE. MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING THE CENTER OVER LAND FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. AFTER THAT...ALBERTO SHOULD ACCELERATE IN THE WESTERLIES AS AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY AFTER 72 HOURS...AND IS IN ROUGH AGREEMENT WITH THE DYNAMICAL MODEL CONSENSUS. SINCE THE BROAD CIRCULATION OF ALBERTO WILL DECAY ONLY SLOWLY AFTER LANDFALL...THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY OF ONSHORE WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE NORTH OF THE PRESENT WARNING AREA ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD. FORECASTER FRANKLIN FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 13/0900Z 29.2N 84.2W 55 KT 12HR VT 13/1800Z 30.3N 83.4W 45 KT...INLAND 24HR VT 14/0600Z 32.1N 81.9W 35 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 36HR VT 14/1800Z 34.4N 78.9W 30 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 15/0600Z 37.0N 73.5W 35 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 72HR VT 16/0600Z 43.5N 62.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 96HR VT 17/0600Z 50.5N 48.5W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 120HR VT 18/0600Z 55.0N 25.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL $$ ** WTNT21 KNHC 130838 *** TCMAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 0900Z TUE JUN 13 2006 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO ENGLEWOOD...AND WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.2N 84.2W AT 13/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 35 DEGREES AT 8 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 995 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT. 50 KT....... 30NE 50SE 0SW 30NW. 34 KT....... 90NE 150SE 30SW 60NW. 12 FT SEAS..125NE 200SE 150SW 75NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.2N 84.2W AT 13/0900Z AT 13/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.8N 84.4W FORECAST VALID 13/1800Z 30.3N 83.4W...INLAND MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT...150NE 150SE 30SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 14/0600Z 32.1N 81.9W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT...150NE 150SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 34.4N 78.9W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 37.0N 73.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT...200NE 200SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 43.5N 62.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT...200NE 200SE 0SW 0NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 17/0600Z 50.5N 48.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 18/0600Z 55.0N 25.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.2N 84.2W NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/1500Z FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$ ** WTNT81 KNHC 130840 *** TCVAT1 ALBERTO WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS/ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 .TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO FLC017-029-053-057-065-075-081-101-103-123-129-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ GMZ755-775-830-850-853-870-873-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ SCC013-015-019-029-035-053-131500- /E.NEW.KNHC.TR.W.1001.060613T0900Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 SAVANNAH-RIVER-GA 32.03N 80.86W SOUTH-SANTEE-RIVER-SC 33.12N 79.27W $$ AMZ330-350-352-131500- /E.NEW.KNHC.TR.W.1001.060613T0900Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 SAVANNAH-RIVER-GA 32.03N 80.86W SOUTH-SANTEE-RIVER-SC 33.12N 79.27W $$ FLC037-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 INDIAN-PASS-FL 29.68N 85.27W OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W $$ GMZ750-770-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 INDIAN-PASS-FL 29.68N 85.27W OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W $$ FLC115-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W ENGLEWOOD-FL 26.94N 82.37W $$ FLC031-035-089-109-GAC029-039-051-127-179-191-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLAGLER-BEACH-FL 29.47N 81.12W SAVANNAH-RIVER-GA 32.03N 80.86W $$ AMZ354-374-450-452-454-470-472-474-131500- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLAGLER-BEACH-FL 29.47N 81.12W SAVANNAH-RIVER-GA 32.03N 80.86W $$ ATTN...WFO...CHS...TBW...TAE...JAX... ** WTNT31 KNHC 130856 *** TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO ENGLEWOOD...AND WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES... 95 KM...SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...WEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL NEAR MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR RESTRENGTHENING... THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL IS DECREASING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE COASTAL PLAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION...29.2 N...84.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN/MAINELLI $$ ** WTUS82 KTBW 130923 *** HLSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-060-131230- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CONTINUES TOWARD LANDFALL EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER BY MID MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM LONGBOAT KEY THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...PASCO...HERNANDO... CITRUS AND LEVY. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO LONGBOAT KEY...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER... AND PASCO COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY FOR LEVY...CITRUS... HERNANDO... SUMTER...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK... MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR LEE... CHARLOTTE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST...ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAMPA...OR 75 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY ...WINDS... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. COASTAL AREAS FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH HAVE EXPERIENCED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS. THE STRONGEST MEASURED GUSTS WERE 60 MPH AT OLD PORT TAMPA... 56 MPH AT MAC DILL AIR FORCE BASE... 51 MPH AT CLEARWATER BEACH AND 44 MPH AT CEDAR KEY. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES ARE RUNNING 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR KEY. A STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...4 TO 5 FEET ALONG HERNANDO AND PASCO COUNTY...5 TO 7 FEET IN CITRUS COUNTY...AND 6 TO 8 FEET IN LEVY COUNTY. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. ...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE GREATEST RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE MAINLY OVER POLK COUNTY. STRONG DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE VIGOROUS RAIN BANDS. ...BEACH EROSION... SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL MAKE THE SURF CHOPPY AND CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT TODAY. ...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 830 AM TUESDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ CP ** WTUS82 KJAX 130932 *** HLSJAX FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131600- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 530 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO APPROACHING THE GULF COAST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN THE UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR INLAND COUNTIES NOW EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT...WHILE THE WARNING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES STILL EXPIRES AT 4 AM WEDNESDAY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...ALACHUA...BAKER... BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...GILCHRIST... HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND UNION. THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...APPLING...ATKINSON... BACON...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...COFFEE..ECHOLS... GLYNN...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE AND WAYNE. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM... AND FOR INLAND COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 474 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL NEAR MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RESTRENGTHENING...THEN LIKELIHOOD THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL IS DECREASING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK WOULD PLACE MOST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ON THE STRONGER SIDE OF THE STORM. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE... SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. SURF CONDITIONS WILL BUILD AND AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE LIKELY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS IS AROUND ONE TO ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...WINDS... WEST OF INTERSTATE 75 INCLUDING THE LAKE CITY...LIVE OAK...OCALA AND GAINESVILLE AREAS...AS THE STRONGER RAINBANDS MOVE OVER THE REGION...SUSTAINED WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...DIMINISHING TUESDAY NIGHT AS ALBERTO MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. EAST OF INTERSTATE 75 INCLUDING THE JACKSONVILLE METRO AREA... BRUNSWICK...WAYCROSS...ST. AUGUSTINE AND PALM COAST...AS THE STRONGER RAINBANDS MOVE OVER THE REGION...SUSTAINED WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS ALBERTO MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...INLAND FLOODING... RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR...AND ONE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. INTERESTS IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK LINE...UNTIL 2 PM EDT. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CONDITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE MARGINAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE BY MID MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING DURING TROPICAL STORMS...REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...MARINE... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ WOLF ** WTCA41 TJSJ 130942 *** TCPSP1 BOLETIN TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ADVERTENCIA NUMERO 13 NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL012006 500 AM EDT MARTES 13 DE JUNIO DE 2006 ...ALBERTO CONTINUA HACIA EL NORESTE SIN CAMBIOS EN INTENSIDAD... CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE LA FLORIDA DESDE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA EL RIO OCHLOCKONEE. LOS PREPARATIVOS PARA PROTEGER VIDA Y PROPIEDAD YA DEBEN HABERSE COMPLETADO. A LAS 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...EL AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO HA SIDO EXTENDIDO HACIA EL NORTE HASTA EL SUR DEL RIO SANTEE CAROLINA DEL SUR. AHORA ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO DESDE FLAGER BEACH FLORIDA HACIA EL NORTE HASTA EL SUR DEL RIO SANTEE. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL DESDE EL SUR DE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA ENGLEWOOD...Y DESDE EL OESTE DEL RIO OCHLOCKONEE HASTA INDIAN PASS. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...REFIERASE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA DE METEOROLOGIA LOCAL. A LAS 500 AM EDT...0900Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 29.2 NORTE...LONGITUD 84.2 OESTE O COMO A 60 MILLAS...95 KILOMETROS...AL SURESTE DE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA Y COMO A 65 MILLAS...105 KILOMETROS...AL OESTE DE CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH...15 KILOMETROS POR HORA...Y SE ESPERA QUE ESTE MOVIMIENTO CONTINUE HASTA QUE ENTRE A TIERRA CERCA DEL MEDIODIA DE HOY. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 65 MPH...100 KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. AUNQUE TODAVIA EXISTE ALGUN POTENCIAL PARA VOLVERSE A INTENSIFICAR...LA POSIBILIDAD DE QUE ALBERTO SE CONVIERTA EN HURACAN ANTES DE ENTRAR A TIERRA ESTA DISMINUYENDO. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 175 MILLAS...280 KILOMETROS DEL CENTRO. LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA MAS RECIENTE REPORTADA POR LOS CAZA HURACANES DE LA RESERVA DE LA FUERZA AEREA FUE DE 995 MB...29.38 PULGADAS. SE PUEDEN ESPERAR INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADAS CICLONICAS DE 7 A 9 PIES SOBRE LOS NIVELES NORMALES DE LA MAREA MAYORMENTE AL ESTE Y SUR DE DONDE EL CENTRO ENTRE A TIERRA. CANTIDADES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 4 A 8 PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES AISLADAS MAXIMAS DE HASTA 10 PULGADAS...SON POSIBLES SOBRE PARTES DE LA FLORIDA Y EL SUR DE GEORGIA DURANTE EL DIA DE HOY. SE ESPERAN CANTIDADES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 3 A 5 PIES SOBRE CAROLINA DEL SUR Y LAS PLANICIES COSTERAS DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE Y EL SURESTE DE VIRGINIA HASTA EL MIERCOLES. SON POSIBLES TORNADOS AISLADOS SOBRE PARTES DEL CENTRO Y NORTE DE LA FLORIDA...EL SUR DE GEORGIA...Y EL SUR DE CAROLINA DEL SUR HOY. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 500 AM EDT...29.2 NORTE...84.2 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...65 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...995 MB. UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 800 AM EDT SEGUIDA POR LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A LAS 1100 AM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR FRANKLIN/MAINELLI $$ ** WTUS82 KMLB 130944 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 131400- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 545 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... ...NEW INFORMATION... INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH HAVE BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL RAINBANDS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...INCLUDING LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE... SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...AND BREVARD COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. ON THE COAST...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES...TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL NEAR MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR RESTRENGTHENING...THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL IS DECREASING. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD USE CAUTION VENTURING OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. STRONG TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL SWEEP OVER MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH DAMAGE AWNINGS AND POSSIBLY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAIN WILL BE A HAZARD TO DRIVERS... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ...WINDS... EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THERE IS A THREAT OF WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH IN THE TROPICAL RAINBANDS THAT WILL SWEEP NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A BROAD BAND OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA AS THE ENTIRE AREA SWEEPS SLOWLY TOWARD THE COAST. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM EDT...GENERALLY FROM AROUND SEBASTIAN AND YEEHAW JUNCTION NORTHWARD. THE TORNADO THREAT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE WITH THE INTENSE RAINBAND EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER LAKE AND POLK COUNTIES. THIS BAND WILL DRIFT EAST OVER ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES BY 5 AM. ...INLAND FLOODING... DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. AS THE TRAILING RAINBANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS. THIS SHOULD NOT POSE A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT EXCEPT IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS IS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ST CLOUD TO TITUSVILLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... WITH THE FORECAST WIND DIRECTION TO EVENTUALLY BECOME OFFSHORE...THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WITH HEIGHTS LESS THAN 2 FEET...MAINLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD. SURF CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. ...MARINE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH...ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET TODAY WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE TODAY...GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS...DAMAGING SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ DD ** WTUS82 KMLB 131002 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 131401- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 601 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... ...NEW INFORMATION... INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH HAVE BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL RAINBANDS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...INCLUDING LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE... SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...AND BREVARD COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR LAKE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. ON THE COAST...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD INTO GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES...TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL NEAR MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR RESTRENGTHENING...THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL IS DECREASING. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD USE CAUTION VENTURING OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. STRONG TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL SWEEP OVER MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH DAMAGE AWNINGS AND POSSIBLY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAIN WILL BE A HAZARD TO DRIVERS... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ...WINDS... EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THERE IS A THREAT OF WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH IN THE TROPICAL RAINBANDS THAT WILL SWEEP NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A BROAD BAND OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA AS THE ENTIRE AREA SWEEPS SLOWLY TOWARD THE COAST. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM EDT...GENERALLY FROM AROUND SEBASTIAN AND YEEHAW JUNCTION NORTHWARD. THE TORNADO THREAT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE WITH THE INTENSE RAINBAND EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE PENINSULA. ...INLAND FLOODING... DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. AS THE TRAILING RAINBANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS. THIS SHOULD NOT POSE A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT EXCEPT IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS IS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ST CLOUD TO TITUSVILLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... WITH THE FORECAST WIND DIRECTION TO EVENTUALLY BECOME OFFSHORE...THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WITH HEIGHTS LESS THAN 2 FEET...MAINLY NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD. SURF CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. ...MARINE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH NORTHWARD. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH...ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET TODAY WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE TODAY...GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS...DAMAGING SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ DD ** WTUS82 KCHS 131019 *** HLSCHS AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-131400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 619 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO MAKE LANDFALL IN NORTHERN FLORIDA AROUND MIDDAY TODAY... ...HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA LATER TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER UP TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER...INCLUDING COLLETON...BEAUFORT...AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CHATHAM...BRYAN...LIBERTY AND MCINTOSH...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND JASPER...BEAUFORT...COLLETON...AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ADJACENT GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM AND THE ADJACENT SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS OUT TO 20 NM INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WINDS OF AT LEAST 39 MILES PER HOUR...ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER...270 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH AND 355 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 MILES PER HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT THE SYSTEM WILL REACH THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA LATE THIS MORNING. ALBERTO WILL LIKELY MAKE LANDFALL AS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST MAY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. EFFECTS FROM ALBERTO WILL BEGIN ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. AFTER COORDINATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THERE ARE NO EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS OR HIGHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY AND INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TIDES THAT ARE AT LEAST 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES. THESE HIGH TIDES ARE ALREADY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS WITH THE RECENT FULL MOON AND THE UPCOMING PERIGEE. TIDE LEVELS WILL BE FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY THE STRONG ONSHORE WIND...INCREASING SURF AND WATER LEVELS AS ALBERTO APPROACHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS ALBERTO MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY...WINDS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR ALONG THE COAST FROM SAPELO ISLAND UP THROUGH TYBEE ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON...AND FROM HILTON HEAD UP THROUGH BULLS BAY BY TONIGHT. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 50 MILES PER HOUR ON THE BEACHES. AREAS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN GEORGIA...AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 17 IN SOUTH CAROLINA...WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. DRIVERS NEED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AS HIGH WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST AND STEADIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH RAINS DECREASING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE REMNANTS OF ALBERTO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS IN AND NEAR HIGH TIDE. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT PARTS OF OUR AREA ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS LIKELY SOMETIME LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. REMEMBER THAT TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE TO NO ADVANCE NOTICE DURING TROPICAL STORMS. REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD WATCHES OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE AREA BEACHES TODAY...AS DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THUS...ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER TODAY. ...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS... THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SURF WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 900 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ PAY/RJB ** WTUS82 KTAE 131021 *** HLSTAE FLZ008-012-014>019-026>029-034-GAZ146>148-156>161-GMZ750-755-770- 775-131500- TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 621 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO NEARING THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS APALACHEE BAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CHANGED LITTLE SINCE 2 AM EDT... AND CONTINUES ON ITS NORTHEASTWARD TRACK TOWARD THE COAST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. THIS INCLUDES DIXIE...TAYLOR...JEFFERSON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS...WHICH INCLUDES FRANKLIN COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF CEDAR KEY. ALBERTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ALBERTO TO THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT ALBERTO COULD RE- STRENGTHEN A LITTLE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN STORM SURGE OR POTENTIAL WIND DAMAGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE LOWEST PRESSURE WAS 995 MB...OR 29.38 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE WARNED AREA. RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE BIG BEND...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AT 5 AM EDT THE TIDE AT CEDAR KEY WAS ABOUT 3.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER AT APALACHICOLA...WHERE THE WIND HAS BEEN BLOWING OFFSHORE DURING THE NIGHT...THE TIDE WAS ONLY ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. A STORM SURGE OF 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. IF THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL ACROSS TAYLOR OR DIXIE COUNTY AS EXPECTED...THE HIGHEST SURGE WOULD NOT AFFECT JEFFERSON...WAKULLA...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...IN CASE ALBERTO CHANGES COURSE UNEXPECTEDLY. A HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER AT 737 AM TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT ST MARKS WILL BE AT 447 AM AND AT 318 PM EDT TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT APALACHICOLA WILL OCCUR AT 846 AM AND 405 PM EDT TODAY. AS OF 5 AM EDT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF COASTAL FLOODING FROM APALACHICOLA TO THE SUWANEE RIVER. ...WINDS... STATIONS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND IN APALACHEE BAY HAVE BEEN REPORTING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. AT 6 AM EDT THE SUSTAINED WIND WAS SOUTH AT 40 MPH AT CEDAR KEY. AT KEATON BEACH (IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY) THE SUSTAINED WIND WAS NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. AT THE APALACHICOLA BUOY...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF ALBERTO...THE WIND WAS WEST AT 38 MPH GUSTING TO 47 MPH. THE C TOWER IN APALACHEE BAY...JUST WEST OF THE STORM CENTER...HAD A SUSTAINED WIND OUT OF THE NORTH AT 39 MPH WITH A GUSTS TO 46 MPH...BUT THE WIND INSTRUMENT IS 100 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHERE WIND SPEEDS CAN BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE SURFACE. AT 615 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE SHOWED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL ABOVE THE SURFACE OVER APALACHEE BAY AND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. HEAVY RAIN BANDS NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO WILL PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY TRANSPORT THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS LEON COUNTY...AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING AS DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE IT IS DARK. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST OF APALACHEE BAY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN CAUSE LARGE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES. UNSECURED ITEMS LIKE PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN OVER OR DISPLACED. SPORADIC...BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES CAN BE DIFFICULT IN THESE CONDITIONS. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE TALLAHASSEE RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE IF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT... AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER. ...TORNADOS... SO FAR NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...BUT THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 10 AM EDT. $$ FOURNIER ** WTNT31 KNHC 131149 *** TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 800 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO NEARING THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO ENGLEWOOD...AND WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 80 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 75 MILES...120 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS NOW ONLY A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE COASTAL PLAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...29.5 N...84.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTUS82 KJAX 131159 *** HLSJAX FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131500- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 800 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO NEARING THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO COAST... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN THE UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...ALACHUA...BAKER... BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...GILCHRIST... HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND UNION. THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...APPLING...ATKINSON... BACON...BRANTLEY...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...COFFEE..ECHOLS... GLYNN...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE AND WAYNE. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM... AND FOR INLAND COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 474 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 800 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 75 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS NOW ONLY A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT ALBERTO WILL BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE... TIDES HAVE REMAINED NEAR ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND WITH ALBERTO NOW POISED TO MAKE LANDFALL NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. ...WINDS... FOR INLAND AREAS...WITH DAYTIME HEATING BEGINNING OVER THE AREA SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN RAINBANDS MAY BECOME STRONG. AS THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE REGION...SUSTAINED WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. COASTAL AREAS AND BEACHES...IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE A FEW ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS DEVELOP WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FROM CUMBERLAND ISLAND NORTH TO THE ALTAMAHA SOUND. ...INLAND FLOODING... RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR...AND ONE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. INTERESTS IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK LINE...UNTIL 2 PM EDT. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CONDITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE MARGINAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE BY MID MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING DURING TROPICAL STORMS...REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...MARINE... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS NEXT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ SANDRIK