** WTSR20 WSSS 130600 *** NO STORM WARNING= ** WTCA41 TJSJ 131208 *** TCPSP1 BOLETIN TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 13A NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL012006 800 AM EDT MARTES 13 DE JUNIO DE 2006 ...ALBERTO ACERCANDOSE AL NORESTE DE LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE MEXICO... 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. 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. CONTINUA 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 CAROLINA DEL SUR. 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 800 AM EDT...1200Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 29.5 NORTE...LONGITUD 84.2 OESTE O COMO A 50 MILLAS...80 KILOMETROS...AL ESTE-SURESTE DE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA Y COMO A 75 MILLAS...120 KILOMETROS...AL OESTE-NOROESTE 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. AHORA SOLO EXISTE UNA LEVE POSIBILIDAD DE QUE ALBERTO SE CONVIERTA EN HURACAN ANTES DE ENTRAR A TIERRA. 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 800 AM EDT...29.5 NORTE...84.2 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...65 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...995 MB. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 1100 AM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR PASCH $$ ** WTUS82 KTAE 131224 *** HLSTAE FLZ008-012-014>019-026>029-034-GAZ146>148-156>161-GMZ750-755-770- 775-131600- TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 824 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO NEARING THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO COAST... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS APALACHEE BAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CHANGED LITTLE SINCE 6 AM EDT... AND CONTINUES ON ITS NORTHEAST-WARD 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 8 AM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA AND ABOUT 75 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. ALBERTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ALBERTO TO THE COAST AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 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. 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 8 AM EDT THE TIDE AT CEDAR KEY WAS ABOUT 3 TO 4 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 6 TO 7 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 319 PM TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT ST MARKS WILL BE AT 318 PM TODAY. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT APALACHICOLA WILL OCCUR AT 846 AM AND 405 PM EDT TODAY. AS OF 8 AM EDT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF COASTAL FLOODING FROM APALACHICOLA TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. ...WINDS... STATIONS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND IN APALACHEE BAY HAVE BEEN REPORTING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. AT 8 AM EDT AT CEDAR KEY THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE SOUTH AT 33 MPH GUSTING TO 43 MPH. AT KEATON BEACH (IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY) THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE EAST AT 18 MPH GUSTING TO 23 MPH. AT THE APALACHICOLA BUOY...ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF ALBERTO...THE WIND WAS WEST AT 36 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. THE C TOWER IN APALACHEE BAY...JUST WEST OF THE STORM CENTER...HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 49 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 59 MPH...BUT THE WIND INSTRUMENT IS 100 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHERE WIND SPEEDS CAN BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE SURFACE. AT 815 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 8 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...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE IF SLOW MOVING HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTER OF ALBERTO. MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER...AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED THIS MORNING WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK. ...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 NOON EDT. $$ MCNATT ** WTUS82 KCHS 131253 *** HLSCHS AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-131700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 853 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 TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN FLORIDA GULF COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST FROM THE ALTAMAHA RIVER UP THROUGH THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER. ...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 800 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER...255 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH AND 340 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 MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ON THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA. ALBERTO WILL 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 12 PM 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. $$ ** WTNT31 KNHC 131442 *** TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL... AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. ALL WARNINGS SOUTH OF BAYPORT ARE DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA 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 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 80 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS JUST OFFSHORE OF KEATON BEACH FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 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 THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF GEORGIA EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE...OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE....AND INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...AND COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...29.8 N...83.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTNT21 KNHC 131442 *** TCMAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1500Z TUE JUN 13 2006 AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. ALL WARNINGS SOUTH OF BAYPORT ARE DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.8N 83.8W AT 13/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 35 DEGREES AT 8 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 996 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. 34 KT....... 60NE 100SE 60SW 60NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 0NE 100SE 100SW 0NW. 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 29.8N 83.8W AT 13/1500Z AT 13/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.5N 84.1W FORECAST VALID 14/0000Z 31.3N 82.9W...INLAND MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT...100NE 100SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 33.4N 80.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT...150NE 150SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 36.5N 75.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT...200NE 200SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 39.5N 70.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT...200NE 200SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 47.0N 57.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT...200NE 300SE 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 17/1200Z 53.0N 40.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 18/1200Z 55.0N 18.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.8N 83.8W NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/2100Z FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTUS82 KJAX 131446 *** HLSJAX FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-132100- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1045 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO NOW MAKING LANDFALL... ...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 MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS JUST OFFSHORE OF KEATON BEACH FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER. ...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... NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. ...WINDS... FOR INLAND AREAS...WITH DAYTIME HEATING 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 ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. THE IMMEDIATE 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 THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FROM CUMBERLAND ISLAND NORTH TO THE ALTAMAHA SOUND. ...INLAND FLOODING... THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS QUICKLY DIMINISHING WITH GENERAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME RAINBANDS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS 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 AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. 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 GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT AND 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 5 PM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ SANDRIK ** WTNT41 KNHC 131451 *** TCDAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO DISCUSSION NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 A FEW HOURS AGO...A PARTIAL EYEWALL DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE. THIS EVENT MARKED ALBERTO'S LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A HURRICANE. HOWEVER...THE HURRICANE HUNTERS FLEW ACROSS THIS FEATURE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND INDICATED THAT THE WINDS WERE WELL BELOW HURRICANE FORCE. BASED ON SYNOPTIC AND RECON DATA...THE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATE IS 45 KT. THE CENTER IS NOW PRACTICALLY ONSHORE SO WEAKENING WILL OCCUR. THE INTENSITY FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO FOLLOWS THE INLAND DECAY MODEL. BEYOND THAT TIME...WE EXPECT ALBERTO TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE AS THE SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH A WEAK BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. GLOBAL MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE COULD STRENGTHEN A BIT IN 2-5 DAYS AS IT MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC. RADAR AND AIRCRAFT FIXES SHOWED THAT THE CENTER WAS WOBBLING BETWEEN A NNE AND NE HEADING. SMOOTHING BETWEEN THESE FIXES YIELDS AN INITIAL MOTION OF 035/8. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH NEAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA IS PREDICTED TO DROP INTO THE MEAN TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND KICK ALBERTO....OR ITS EXTRATROPICAL VERSION... NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THE OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE AND IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE DYNAMICAL MODELS. SOME SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST. FORECASTER PASCH FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 13/1500Z 29.8N 83.8W 45 KT 12HR VT 14/0000Z 31.3N 82.9W 35 KT...INLAND 24HR VT 14/1200Z 33.4N 80.5W 35 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 36HR VT 15/0000Z 36.5N 75.5W 35 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 15/1200Z 39.5N 70.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 72HR VT 16/1200Z 47.0N 57.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 96HR VT 17/1200Z 53.0N 40.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 120HR VT 18/1200Z 55.0N 18.0W 40 KT...EXTRATROPICAL $$ ** WTNT81 KNHC 131455 *** TCVAT1 ALBERTO WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS/ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 .TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO FLC017-029-053-065-075-123-129-132100- /E.NEW.KNHC.TR.W.1001.060613T1500Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W BAYPORT-FL 28.54N 82.65W $$ GMZ850-870-132100- /E.NEW.KNHC.TR.W.1001.060613T1500Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W BAYPORT-FL 28.54N 82.65W $$ FLC037-132100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 INDIAN-PASS-FL 29.68N 85.27W OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W $$ GMZ750-770-132100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 INDIAN-PASS-FL 29.68N 85.27W OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W $$ FLC031-035-089-109-GAC029-039-051-127-179-191-SCC013-015-019-029- 035-053-132100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLAGLER-BEACH-FL 29.47N 81.12W SOUTH-SANTEE-RIVER-SC 33.12N 79.27W $$ AMZ330-350-352-354-374-450-452-454-470-472-474-132100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLAGLER-BEACH-FL 29.47N 81.12W SOUTH-SANTEE-RIVER-SC 33.12N 79.27W $$ FLC115-132100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W ENGLEWOOD-FL 26.94N 82.37W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-065-075-081-101-103-123-129-132100- /E.CAN.KNHC.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ GMZ755-775-830-850-853-870-873-132100- /E.CAN.KNHC.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 OCHLOCKONEE-RIVER-FL 29.96N 84.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ ATTN...WFO...CHS...TBW...TAE...JAX... ** WTUS82 KMLB 131456 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 131700- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1055 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TRAILING RAINBANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS RELATING TO ALBERTO IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...BREVARD ...MARTIN...INDIAN RIVER AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ALBERTO WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WINDS... WINDS WILL BE AROUND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCASSIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. PASSING SHOWERS IN TRAILING RAINBANDS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AS GUSTY WINDS AND PASSING RAIN SHOWERS POSE A HAZARD TO THOSE VENTURING OUT IN SMALL BOATS. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY AND TORNADO WATCHES ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...INLAND FLOODING... A LONG FETCH OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TRAILING FROM TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO EXTENDS FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. TRAILING RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THESE BANDS WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. ...MARINE... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET TODAY. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 FEET NEARSHORE AND 5 TO 7 OFFSHORE AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 20 KTS WITH PASSING RAINBAND SHOWERS PRODUCING OCASSIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGARDING TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO. REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WEATHER HAZARDS. $$ HAGEMEYER ** WTUS82 KTBW 131530 *** HLSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-060-131830- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED IN ALL AREAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAYPORT THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER... BUT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF BAYPORT. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BAYPORT THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM FOR LEE...CHARLOTTE... SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST...ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAMPA...OR 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ...WINDS... WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TODAY AS RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF BAYPORT WILL SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES ARE RUNNING 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING ALONG THE CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTY COASTLINE...AND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTY COAST...ELSEWHERE THE SURGE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE VALUES ARE ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. ...INLAND FLOODING... DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA HAS CREATED THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING OF HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE TRAINING DEVELOPS. OVERALL...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE SUNDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN 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 THROUGH TODAY. ...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ EO ** WTUS82 KCHS 131539 *** HLSCHS AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-132000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1139 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MAKING LANDFALL IN NORTHERN FLORIDA ...HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN FLORIDA GULF COAST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST FROM THE ALTAMAHA RIVER UP THROUGH THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER. ...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 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. IN ADDITION A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TOMORROW FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER...225 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH AND 310 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. BASED ON THIS MOVEMENT THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INLAND OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ...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. ...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. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 10:22 PM. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE FOR THE BEAUFORT RIVER WILL OCCUR AT 11:34 PM. AND THE NEXT HIGH TIDE FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE WILL OCCUR AT 10:25 PM. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS ALBERTO MOVES INLAND THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL 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 IS 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 IS 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 WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS IN AND NEAR HIGH TIDE. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THAT TORNADOES CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE TO NO ADVANCE NOTICE DURING TROPICAL STORMS. REMAIN 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 3 PM 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. $$ ** WTCA41 TJSJ 131544 *** TCPSP1 BOLETIN TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 14 NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT MARTES 13 DE JUNIO DE 2006 ...ALBERTO SE APRESTA PARA MOVERSE SOBRE TIERRA... A LAS 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...EL AVISO DE HURACAN FUE CAMBIADO A UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE FLORIDA DESDE BAYPORT AL NORTE Y OESTE HASTA EL RIO OCHLOCKONEE. TODOS LOS AVISO QUEDAN DESCONTINUADOS AL SUR DE BAYPORT. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE FLORIDA DESDE BAYPORT HASTA INDIAN PASS. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO DESDE FLAGER BEACH FLORIDA HASTA EL SUR DEL RIO SANTEE CAROLINA DEL SUR. 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 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 29.8 NORTE...LONGITUD 83.8 OESTE O COMO A 50 MILLAS...80 KILOMETROS...SURESTE DETALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ESTA POSICION ES JUSTO MAR AFUERA DE KEATON BEACH FLORIDA. ALBERTO SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH...15 KILOMETROS POR HORA...Y SE ESPERA QUE ESTE MOVIMIENTO GENERAL CONTINUE HOY. EN ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL CENTRO ESTARA MOVIENDOSE SOBRE EL NORTE DE LA FLORIDA Y ENTRANDO A LA PARTE SUR DE GEORGIA HOY Y ESTA NOCHE. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 50 MPH...85 KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. SE ANTICIPA QUE SE DEBILITARA A MEDIDA QUE EL CENTRO SE MUEVA SOBRE TIERRA HOY. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 115 MILLAS...185 KILOMETROS DEL CENTRO...MAYORMENTE SOBRE LAS AGUAS. UN AVION CAZAHURACANES SE LA UNIDAD DE LA RESERVA DE LA FUERZA AEREA RECIENTEMENTE REPORTO UNA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA DE 996 MB...29.41 PULGADAS. SE PUEDEN ESPERAR INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADAS CICLONICAS DE 5 A 7 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 HASTA EL MIERCOLES EN LA MANANA SOBRE TODO MENOS LA PARTE NOROESTE DE GEORGIA Y GRAN PARTE DEL ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR EXCEPTO EL EXTREMO OESTE Y ENTRANDO A PORCIONES DE DEL SUR DEL ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE. SON PSOIBLES CANTIDADES ADICIONALES DE LLUVIA DE 3 A 5 PIES SOBRE EL CENTRO Y EL NORTE DE LA PENINSULA DE LA FLORIDA Y LA PORCION ESTE DE DEL MANGO DE LA FLORIDA. SON POSIBLES TORNADOS AISLADOS SOBRE PARTES DEL CENTRO Y NORESTE DE LA FLORIDA...EL SURESTE DE GEORGIA...Y EL AREAS COSTERAS DE CAROLINA DEL SUR HOY. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 1100 AM EDT...29.8 NORTE...83.8 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...50 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...996 MB. UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 200 PM EDT SEGUIDA POR LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A LAS 400 PM EDT. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 1100 AM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR PASCH $$ ** WTCA41 TJSJ 131544 RRA *** TCPSP1 BOLETIN TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 14 NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT MARTES 13 DE JUNIO DE 2006 ...ALBERTO SE APRESTA PARA MOVERSE SOBRE TIERRA... A LAS 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...EL AVISO DE HURACAN FUE CAMBIADO A UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE FLORIDA DESDE BAYPORT AL NORTE Y OESTE HASTA EL RIO OCHLOCKONEE. TODOS LOS AVISO QUEDAN DESCONTINUADOS AL SUR DE BAYPORT. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL GOLFO DE FLORIDA DESDE BAYPORT HASTA INDIAN PASS. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO DESDE FLAGER BEACH FLORIDA HASTA EL SUR DEL RIO SANTEE CAROLINA DEL SUR. 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 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL ALBERTO ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 29.8 NORTE...LONGITUD 83.8 OESTE O COMO A 50 MILLAS...80 KILOMETROS...SURESTE DETALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ESTA POSICION ES JUSTO MAR AFUERA DE KEATON BEACH FLORIDA. ALBERTO SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH...15 KILOMETROS POR HORA...Y SE ESPERA QUE ESTE MOVIMIENTO GENERAL CONTINUE HOY. EN ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL CENTRO ESTARA MOVIENDOSE SOBRE EL NORTE DE LA FLORIDA Y ENTRANDO A LA PARTE SUR DE GEORGIA HOY Y ESTA NOCHE. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 50 MPH...85 KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. SE ANTICIPA QUE SE DEBILITARA A MEDIDA QUE EL CENTRO SE MUEVA SOBRE TIERRA HOY. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 115 MILLAS...185 KILOMETROS DEL CENTRO...MAYORMENTE SOBRE LAS AGUAS. UN AVION CAZAHURACANES SE LA UNIDAD DE LA RESERVA DE LA FUERZA AEREA RECIENTEMENTE REPORTO UNA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA DE 996 MB...29.41 PULGADAS. SE PUEDEN ESPERAR INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADAS CICLONICAS DE 5 A 7 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 HASTA EL MIERCOLES EN LA MANANA SOBRE TODO MENOS LA PARTE NOROESTE DE GEORGIA Y GRAN PARTE DEL ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR EXCEPTO EL EXTREMO OESTE Y ENTRANDO A PORCIONES DE DEL SUR DEL ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE. SON PSOIBLES CANTIDADES ADICIONALES DE LLUVIA DE 3 A 5 PIES SOBRE EL CENTRO Y EL NORTE DE LA PENINSULA DE LA FLORIDA Y LA PORCION ESTE DE DEL MANGO DE LA FLORIDA. SON POSIBLES TORNADOS AISLADOS SOBRE PARTES DEL CENTRO Y NORESTE DE LA FLORIDA...EL SURESTE DE GEORGIA...Y EL AREAS COSTERAS DE CAROLINA DEL SUR HOY. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 1100 AM EDT...29.8 NORTE...83.8 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 9 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...50 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...996 MB. UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 200 PM EDT SEGUIDA POR LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A LAS 400 PM EDT. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 1100 AM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR PASCH $$ TRADUCCION CORTESIA DE LA OFICINA DE PRONOSTICOS DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA EN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO ** WTUS82 KTAE 131557 *** HLSTAE FLZ008-012-014>019-026>029-034-GAZ146>148-156>161-GMZ750-755-770- 775-131900- TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1157 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS APALACHEE BAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL SOON MAKE LANDFALL NEAR TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN 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... THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD 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. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY...HOWEVER...HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BAY AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE. THIS POSITION IS JUST OFFSHORE OF KEATON BEACH. ALBERTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WILL MOVE IT ONSHORE NEAR TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES SHORTLY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER. THE LOWEST PRESSURE WAS 996 MB...OR 29.41 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE WARNED AREA. RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF THE COASTAL AND INLAND AREAS OF THE BIG BEND AND EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLE...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AT 1145 AM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES REPORTED STORM SURGES OF 4 TO 5 FEET. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TAYLOR COUNTY AND ALL OF DIXIE COUNTY COAST WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 2 FEET OF SURGE BETWEEN NOON AND 2PM AS WINDS TURN AND BECOME MORE ONSHORE. WITH THE RISING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DURING THE AFTERNOON...SERIOUS COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. STORM TIDES... THE SUM OF THE SURGE AND THE NORMAL HIGH TIDE COULD REACH 10 FEET IN SOME COASTAL LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY DIXIE COUNTY. THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER AT 319 PM. COASTAL AREAS FURTHER WEST... ACROSS JEFFERSON... WAKULLA AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL SEE NO FURTHER STORM SURGE...IN FACT... THEY HAD LITTLE DURING THE ENTIRE STORM. ...WINDS... STATIONS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND IN APALACHEE BAY HAVE BEEN REPORTING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. AT 11 AM EDT AT CEDAR KEY THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 24 MPH GUSTING TO 33 MPH. AT KEATON BEACH (IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY) THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH GUSTING TO 33 MPH. AT THE APALACHICOLA BUOY...ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF ALBERTO...THE WIND WAS WEST AT 31 MPH GUSTING TO 38 MPH. THE C TOWER IN APALACHEE BAY...JUST WEST OF THE STORM CENTER...HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BUT THE WIND INSTRUMENT IS 100 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHERE WIND SPEEDS CAN BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE SURFACE. AT 11 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE SHOWED AROUND 55 MPH 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 8 HOURS OR SO. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE TALLAHASSEE RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE SLOW MOVING BANDS OF RAIN COMING ONSHORE OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COUNTIES OF DIXIE AND TAYLOR. MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER...AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED TODAY WHILE TRAVELING. ...TORNADOS... SO FAR NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...THE THREAT WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 3 PM EDT. $$ MCNATT/GOREE ** WTNT61 KNHC 131633 *** TCUAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...WARNING... ...HEADER INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE ...LAST OFFICIAL FORECAST FILE. CHECK THE ...HEADER BLOCK CAREFULLY, ESPECIALLY THE ...SYSTEM STATUS AND THE TIME-DATE LINE ******** TCU EXAMPLE ******** ...RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THAT TROPICAL STORM ALICIA HAS REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH... SHORTLY BEFORE 6 PM CDT...RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN TROPICAL STORM ALICIA HAD INCREASED TO HURRICANE FORCE...DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY AT 7 PM CDT. ******** END EXAMPLE ******** FORECASTER [YOUR LAST NAME] $$ ** WTNT61 KNHC 131646 *** TCUAT1 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL... REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS MADE LANDFALL IN THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA NEAR ADAMS BEACH...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA...AROUND 1230 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTNT80 EGRR 131646 *** MET OFFICE TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE FOR NORTH-EAST PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC GLOBAL MODEL DATA TIME 12UTC 13.06.2006 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ANALYSED POSITION : 29.5N 83.9W ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL012006 VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 13.06.2006 29.5N 83.9W MODERATE 00UTC 14.06.2006 31.3N 83.4W WEAK WEAKENING RAPIDLY 12UTC 14.06.2006 33.6N 81.8W EXTRA TROPICAL THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE RSMCS. IT REQUIRES INTERPRETATION BY TROPICAL CYCLONE SPECIALISTS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A FINAL PRODUCT MET OFFICE, EXETER, UK TOO 131646 ** WTNT80 EGRR 131647 *** MET OFFICE TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE FOR NORTH-EAST PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC GLOBAL MODEL DATA TIME 12UTC 13.06.2006 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ANALYSED POSITION : 29.5N 83.9W ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL012006 VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 13.06.2006 29.5N 83.9W MODERATE 00UTC 14.06.2006 31.3N 83.4W WEAK WEAKENING RAPIDLY 12UTC 14.06.2006 33.6N 81.8W EXTRA TROPICAL THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE RSMCS. IT REQUIRES INTERPRETATION BY TROPICAL CYCLONE SPECIALISTS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A FINAL PRODUCT MET OFFICE, EXETER, UK TOO 131647 ** WTNT31 KNHC 131758 *** TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 14A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO INLAND OVER NORTH FLORIDA AND WEAKENING... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA 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 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES... 85 KM...EAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER GEORGIA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH ...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER LAND...AND ALBERTO WILL PROBABLY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.44 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF GEORGIA EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE...OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE....AND INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...AND COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. REPEATING THE 200 PM EDT POSITION...30.4 N...83.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$