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| #91582 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:55 PM 13.Jun.2006) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 800 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... AT 8 PM EDT...0000 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF ALTAMAHA SOUND. GALE WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST NORTHWARD THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.8 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES...35 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ALMA GEORGIA. ALBERTO IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA TONIGHT...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND ALBERTO WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IN THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF GEORGIA...MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE WESTERN PARTS OF THOSE STATES...AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...31.3 N...82.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. FORECASTER STEWART |
