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ALBERTO IS BECOMING A HURRICANE
Last Updated: Monday, 5:24 PM
Next Update: Monday, 6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Area
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 525 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS ACCELERATED TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS AND IS NOW EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. ALTHOUGH NOT AS WELL ORGANIZED AS THIS MORNING...ALBERTO STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.
...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM LONGBOAT KEY THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS... PASCO...HERNANDO... CITRUS AND LEVY.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO LONGBOAT KEY...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA COUNTY.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER... AND PASCO COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PASCO...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE... SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO... HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR LEE... CHARLOTTE... SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE... HIGHLANDS...MANATEE... PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO... HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES.
...STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM EDT... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 160 MILES WEST OF TAMPA...OR 145 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
...WINDS... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF HERNANDO... CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH TIDE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR KEY. A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...5 TO 6 FEET ALONG HERNANDO AND PASCO COUNTY...6 TO 8 FEET IN CITRUS COUNTY...AND 7 TO 10 FEET IN LEVY COUNTY. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.
...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 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 THROUGH TONIGHT.
...BEACH EROSION... SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY WITH HIGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION EXPECTED. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH TUESDAY.
...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 830 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Orlando Area
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 243 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...ALBERTO MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA...
...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS GAINED FORWARD SPEED AND IS NOW HEADING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE BIG BEND AREA OF THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ATTENTION SHOULD NOW BE DIRECTED PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE IN LAKE COUNTY.
...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY LAKE COUNTY. PERSONS IN ORANGE...SEMINOLE... AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL UNTIL 5 PM EDT.
...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.4 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.
ALBERTO IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER COULD REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.
...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD APALACHEE BAY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...ESPECIALLY IN SQUALLS... TO LAKE COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY GUST OVER 50 MPH. THE FORECAST FOR THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF ORANGE... SEMINOLE...AND VOLUSIA...IS FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 TO 50 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE COULD TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. THIS AFTERNOON THE CONDITIONS HAVE DECREASED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TORNADOES... ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING... WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN FLORIDA...WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OCCUR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR. WIDESPREAD FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME AS WATER RETENTION AREAS CAN HANDLE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF. HOWEVER... TEMPORARY INUNDATION OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEGLIGIBLE FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER...SURF CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH.
...MARINE... ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE ON TUESDAY GUSTY WIND FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS DAMAGING SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY.
...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALBERTO IS BECOMING A HURRICANE
Last Updated: Monday, 5:24 PM
Next Update: Monday, 6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Area
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 525 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS ACCELERATED TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS AND IS NOW EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. ALTHOUGH NOT AS WELL ORGANIZED AS THIS MORNING...ALBERTO STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.
...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM LONGBOAT KEY THROUGH THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS... PASCO...HERNANDO... CITRUS AND LEVY.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LEVY...CITRUS...AND HERNANDO COUNTIES.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO LONGBOAT KEY...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA COUNTY.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...SUMTER... AND PASCO COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PASCO...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE... SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO... HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR LEE... CHARLOTTE... SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE... HIGHLANDS...MANATEE... PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...PASCO... HERNANDO...CITRUS...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES.
...STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM EDT... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 160 MILES WEST OF TAMPA...OR 145 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
...WINDS... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF HERNANDO... CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH TIDE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR KEY. A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...5 TO 6 FEET ALONG HERNANDO AND PASCO COUNTY...6 TO 8 FEET IN CITRUS COUNTY...AND 7 TO 10 FEET IN LEVY COUNTY. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. THE STORM SURGE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE.
...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 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 THROUGH TONIGHT.
...BEACH EROSION... SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY WITH HIGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION EXPECTED. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH TUESDAY.
...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 830 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Orlando Area
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 243 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...ALBERTO MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA...
...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS GAINED FORWARD SPEED AND IS NOW HEADING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE BIG BEND AREA OF THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ATTENTION SHOULD NOW BE DIRECTED PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE IN LAKE COUNTY.
...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY LAKE COUNTY. PERSONS IN ORANGE...SEMINOLE... AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL UNTIL 5 PM EDT.
...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.4 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.
ALBERTO IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER COULD REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALBERTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.
...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD APALACHEE BAY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...ESPECIALLY IN SQUALLS... TO LAKE COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY GUST OVER 50 MPH. THE FORECAST FOR THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF ORANGE... SEMINOLE...AND VOLUSIA...IS FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 TO 50 MPH IN PASSING SQUALLS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE COULD TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. THIS AFTERNOON THE CONDITIONS HAVE DECREASED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TORNADOES... ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING... WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN FLORIDA...WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OCCUR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR. WIDESPREAD FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME AS WATER RETENTION AREAS CAN HANDLE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF. HOWEVER... TEMPORARY INUNDATION OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEGLIGIBLE FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER...SURF CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME ROUGH NORTH OF COCOA BEACH.
...MARINE... ALBERTO WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET OVER THE WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 8 FEET TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AS WELL. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...LOCAL WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN PASSING SQUALLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS. MARINERS...AND OTHERS WITH MARINE INTERESTS...SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. AS ALBERTO COMES ON SHORE ON TUESDAY GUSTY WIND FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COULD PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS DAMAGING SOME DOCKS AND BOATS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY.
...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
