Tropical Storm Warning Andrea

Tropical Storm Warning

...ANDREA A LITTLE STRONGER HEADING TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

A TROPICAL WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM OCHLOCKNEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.

ANDREA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/H.

A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD

SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANDREA WILL REACH THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA LATER TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST LATER TODAY.

WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRST REACH THE FLORIDA WEST COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD ALONG THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF A STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILLCAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...Apalachicola 2-4ft.

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