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WTUS82 KJAX 101451
HLSJAX
FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-101530-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1050 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2007

..TROPICAL STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 11 A.M.
EDT...

..NEW INFORMATION...
SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA HAS WEAKENED AND IS NOW DESIGNATED AS A
SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE MAIN LOCAL IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
GUSTY WINDS...CHOPPY SURF AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION.

..AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU
AND SAINT JOHNS.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN AND GLYNN.

..WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 11 AM EDT.

..STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.9 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND
ABOUT 80 MILES...NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING GENERALLY SOUTHWARD...AND THIS SLOW
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE FROM
THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST TODAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 35
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE PLANE
WAS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

..PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREA IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AND HAS
CONTINUED TO WEAKEN WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS REMAINING WELL
OFFSHORE. FOR LAND AREAS THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SURF CONDITIONS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. MARINE
INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

..STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

..WINDS...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...PRIMARILY AS A RESULT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN
THE SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION AND HIGHER PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

..SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
SURF HAS DIMINISHED TO 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION OCCURRED
EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE SURF FULLY SUBSIDES.

..INLAND FLOODING...
FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...MOST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE
EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS. RAINFALL OF ONE
HALF TO ONE INCH COULD OCCUR IN LOCALIZED AREAS OVER THE COASTAL
COUNTIES. FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE FIRE AREAS OF
INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THOSE AREAS LATER THIS WEEK
AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

..TORNADOES...
TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK WITH THIS
SYSTEM.

..MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS...MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN
BANDS...WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS WITH SEAS
OF UP TO EIGHT FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. PLEASE REFER TO THE
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST SCHEDULED UPDATE ON ANDREA UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NON-TROPICAL ADVISORIES...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN THE NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREAS
PLEASE REFER TO THE NWS JACKSONVILLE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/GHLS/HLS_MAIN.SHTML

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