{"id":50058,"date":"2021-08-16T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50058"},"modified":"2021-08-16T09:29:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:29:58","slug":"tropical-storm-fred-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/tropical-storm-fred-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TROPICAL STORM FRED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tropical Storm Fred Intermediate Advisory Number 27A\nNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062021\n700 AM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021\n\n...HEAVY RAINFALL AND A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE EXPECTED ALONG THE\nCOAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND LATER TODAY...\n\n\nSUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION\n----------------------------------------------\nLOCATION...28.6N 85.8W\nABOUT 90 MI...145 KM SSW OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA\nMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM\/H\nPRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM\/H\nMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES\n\n\nWATCHES AND WARNINGS\n--------------------\nCHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:\n\nNone.\n\nSUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:\n\nA Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...\n* Coast of Florida from Indian Pass to Yankeetown\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...\n* Coast of the Florida Panhandle from Navarre to the Wakulla\/\nJefferson County line\n\nA Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening\ninundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline,\nduring the next 36 hours in the indicated locations. For a\ndepiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather\nService Storm Surge Watch\/Warning Graphic, available at\nhurricanes.gov.  This is a life-threatening situation.  Persons\nlocated within these areas should take all necessary actions to\nprotect life and property from rising water and the potential for\nother dangerous conditions.  Promptly follow evacuation and other\ninstructions from local officials.\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are\nexpected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the\nnext 12 hours.\n\nFor storm information specific to your area, including possible\ninland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your\nlocal National Weather Service forecast office.\n\n\nDISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK\n----------------------\nAt 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Fred was\nlocated near latitude 28.6 North, longitude 85.8 West. Fred is\nmoving toward the north near 9 mph (15 km\/h) and this general motion\nwith a slight increase in forward speed is expected through today.\nOn the forecast track, the center of Fred should move across the\nnortheastern Gulf of Mexico today, and make landfall in the Florida \nPanhandle this afternoon or early evening.\n\nMaximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km\/h) with higher\ngusts.  Some strengthening is forecast before landfall.  After\nlandfall, Fred is expected to quickly weaken.\n\nTropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km)\nfrom the center.\n\nThe estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).\n\n\nHAZARDS AFFECTING LAND\n----------------------\nKey messages for Fred can be found in the Tropical Cyclone\nDiscussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT1, WMO header WTNT41 KNHC and\non the web at www.hurricanes.gov\/graphics_at1.shtml?key_messages<\/a>.\n\nRAINFALL:\n\nFred is expected to produce the following rainfall amounts:\n\nThrough Today...\n\nSouthern and Central Florida... 1 to 2 inches of additional rain\nwith isolated maximum storm totals of 5 inches are expected..\n\nThrough Tuesday...\n\nThe Florida Big Bend and Panhandle... 4 to 8 inches of rain with\nisolated maximum storm totals of 12 inches are expected.\n\nSoutheast Alabama through western and northern Georgia, and the\nwestern Carolinas... 4 to 7 inches of rain with isolated maximum\nstorm totals of 10 inches are expected.\n\nThrough Wednesday...\n\nPortions of the Mid-Atlantic States...2 to 4 inches of rain with\nisolated maximum storm totals of 6 inches expected as Fred interacts\nwith a nearby front.\n\nHeavy rainfall across portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic\nStates could lead to flash, urban, small stream and isolated river\nflooding impacts.\n\nSTORM SURGE:  The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the\ntide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by\nrising waters moving inland from the shoreline.  The water could\nreach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated\nareas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...\n\nIndian Pass, FL to Steinhatchee River, FL...3-5 ft\nSteinhatchee River, FL to Yankeetown, FL...2-4 ft\nAL\/FL border to Indian Pass including Pensacola Bay, Choctawhatchee\nBay and Saint Andrew Bay... 1-3 ft\nYankeetown, FL to Aripeka, FL...1-3 ft\n\nThe deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to\nthe east of the landfall location, where the surge will be\naccompanied by large waves.  Surge-related flooding depends on the\nrelative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary\ngreatly over short distances.  For information specific to your\narea, please see products issued by your local National Weather\nService forecast office.\n\nWIND:  Tropical storm conditions are expected in the tropical storm\nwarning area beginning later this morning.\n\nSURF:  Swells generated by Fred are expected to reach the coasts of\nMississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle today, and could\ncausing life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.  Please\nconsult products from your local weather office for more details.\n\nTORNADOES:  A tornado or two will be possible early this morning\nover the Florida west coast and Panhandle, and during the late\nmorning and into the afternoon from the Florida Panhandle northward\ninto southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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