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#91527 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:37 PM 13.Jun.2006) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006 500 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...ALBERTO MOVES INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA... AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA IS DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. 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 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR VERY NEAR VALDOSTA GEORGIA. ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION...WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO 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. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 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 500 PM EDT POSITION...30.7 N...83.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH |