NWS 11:30 p.m. update statement Tampa Bay......

[dixiebreeze]

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1130 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HEADED FOR THE SUNCOAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IS NOW
EARLIER...WITH COASTAL LOCATIONS STARTING LATE MONDAY EVENING
AND INLAND LOCATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LEE...
CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...SARASOTA...MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...
PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NON COASTAL
AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER
PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR LEE...
CHARLOTTE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...MANATEE...
PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 370 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH
AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

...WINDS...
BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MONDAY AS THE RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO BLOW THROUGH. COASTAL AREAS
COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL
BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 BY MID TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE
HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO
COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR
KEY. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES
LANDFALL COULD REACH 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAIN FALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES. RECENT DRY
CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE GROUND TO ABSORB A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL. HOWEVER...HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF TROPICAL
STORM ALBERTO THROUGH TUESDAY.

...BEACH EROSION...
SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET THROUGH
MONDAY. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY WITH HIGH SURF AND MINOR
BEACH EROSION EXPECTED. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS A DISORGANIZED STORM AND FUTURE FORECASTS
MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TIMING LOCATION. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 530 AM THIS MORNING OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

CLOSE/COLSON

[Rainband]

Thanks for the update Dixie. Looks like our rain is on the way!!

[stormtruth]

Possible tornadoes and flooding probably the biggest threat unless it intensifies.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Weather radar seems to show some fairly impressive storms heading through Lakeland even as we type.

A2K

[HurricaneHunter914]

Possible tornadoes and flooding probably the biggest threat unless it intensifies.

The biggest tornado threat should be in Alberto's NE side, in other words: The side with all the big convection.