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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
..TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
NEW INFORMATION
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
STORM INFORMATION
AT 4 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.9N...LONGITUDE 73.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 480 MILES EAST
OF BRUNSWICK GA. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 13 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WERE NO LONGER AFFECTING THE OFFSHORE
COASTAL WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY IN THE
WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENT ON HURRICANE SANDY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE JACKSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE
OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. SEAS AND ROUGH
SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. MARINERS
SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY
DEFINITE PLANS AND BEACH GOERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS
SURF AND RIP CURRENTS.
NEXT UPDATE
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE REGARDING
HURRICANE SANDY AND THE STORMS AFFECTS ON THE LOCAL AREA.
AMZ470-472-474-281000-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED
AMZ450-452-454-281000-
/O.CAN.KJAX.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
ENYEDI
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