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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
602 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...DISORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...
...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER
TO STEINHATCHEE FLORIDA...
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND...ESPECIALLY DIXIE COUNTY.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 5 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF BONITA BEACH TO STEINHATCHEE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...THE BROAD CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST OR ABOUT
400 MILES...SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THIS TROPICAL STORM ARE WELL REMOVED
FROM THE CENTER...AND EXTEND MAINLY EASTWARD UP TO 230 MILES.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN ASSOCIATION WITH LONG DURATION
ONSHORE FLOW AND UNUSUALLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES CAN BE
EXPECTED.

LOCAL TIDES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ARE AS FOLLOWS...

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
TODAY: HIGH/ 03:25 AM...LOW/ 08:09 AM...HIGH/ 01:58 PM...LOW/ 09:30 PM:

APALACHICOLA...
TODAY: HIGH/ 07:25 AM...LOW/ 09:44 AM...HIGH/ 02:27 PM...LOW/ 11:32 PM:

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
TODAY: HIGH/ 09:37 AM...LOW/ 08:57 PM:

...WIND IMPACTS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THIS TROPICAL STORM ARE WELL
REMOVED FROM THE CENTER...AND EXTEND MAINLY EASTWARD UP TO 230
MILES. REPRESENTATIVE WINDS AT SOME OFFSHORE BUOY AND COASTAL
LOCATIONS AT 5 PM EDT IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

CEDAR KEY...SOUTH AT 17 MPH.
KEATON BEACH...SOUTH AT 29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 36 MPH.
BUOY 42036...SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 33 MPH.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
AT THIS TIME THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS GENERATED LARGE SWELLS THAT ARE
RADIATING TOWARDS THE COASTAL REGIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST BIG
BEND...ESPECIALLY DIXIE COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THESE COASTAL SECTIONS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY MIDNIGHT EDT.

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