Alberto Downgraded

U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ADVISORY

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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 14

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

ALBERTO ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL

AT 11 AM EDT THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.

ALL WARNINGS SOUTH OF BAYPORT ARE DISCONTINUED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BAYPORT TO INDIAN PASS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES (80 KM) SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

THIS POSITION IS JUST OFFSHORE OF KEATON BEACH FLORIDA.

ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH (15 KM/HR) AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH (85 KM/HR) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES. (185 KM) FROM THE CENTER, MAINLY OVER WATER.

AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996 MB (29.41 INCHES.)

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES, WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF GEORGIA EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE, OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA, SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY.

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