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| #91289 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:46 PM 12.Jun.2006) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 1000 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...ALBERTO CONTINUES TO CHURN TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO ENGLEWOOD... AND WEST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER...AT THE GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 105 MILES...165 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL... ALBERTO STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE FLORIDA GULF COAST TUESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM ...TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS... DOPPLER RADAR DATA... AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD ONSHORE THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM VENICE NORTHWARD TO APALACHEEE BAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA. TIDE LEVELS IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE ALREADY RUNNING MORE THAN 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES... ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA... AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT POSITION...28.4 N...84.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 100 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400 AM CDT. FORECASTER STEWART |
