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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
520 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS MOVED INLAND OVER NORTH FLORIDA AND
IS WEAKENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND AWAY
FROM THE GULF COAST...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR GULF...FRANKLIN...
WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES.  

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED FOR GULF...FRANKLIN...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...
AND DIXIE COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 
NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.7 WEST OR JUST SOUTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. ALBERTO
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL DIRECTION
OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND
ALBERTO WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT. THE 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. 

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN TAYLOR
AND DIXIE COUNTIES BUT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT WATER HAS BEEN
RECEDING DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS WILL
REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. 

...WINDS...
WIND SPEEDS HAVE CONTINUED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH MAXIMUM SPEEDS OVER THE INTERIOR OF 20 TO 25 MPH
OVER THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.
OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF...BUOY 42036 IS STILL REPORTING 19 KT
WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 23.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOODING TONIGHT. HOWEVER...DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...THE
RAINFALL BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALBERTO HAVE WEAKENED 
SIGNIFICANTLY... AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WATCH MAY BE
CANCELLED LATER THIS EVENING.

...TORNADOES...
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...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

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17-GOULD