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| #91352 (Received by flhurricane at: 5:00 AM 13.Jun.2006) 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 |
