The National Hurricane Center in Miami has named Tropical Storm Andrea in the central Gulf of Mexico. This storm is a minimal Tropical Storm, but persons living along the Gulf Coast of Florida from Marco Island to Apalachicola can anticipate a 2 to 4 foot storm surge, heavy rains, beach erosion and tropical storm force winds for most of Thursday, June 06. This storm will make first landfall near Cedar Key, Florida, Thursday afternoon and will track across northern Florida and enter the Atlantic coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina on Friday, June 07. The storm will track up the east coast causing on-shore gusty winds, heavy rains, rip currents, beach erosion and some tornadoes. It will be off the coast of New England and the Maritime Provinces of Canada late Saturday, June 08. The storm will then move into the north central Atlantic in an easterly direction.
Persons from southwestern Florida to Maine should monitor local advisories concerning Tropical Storm Andrea. Unless this Tropical Storm takes a much different track than what the models are indicating, this will be our only mention concerning Tropical Storm Andrea.
For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:
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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”
Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama.
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