Tropical Depression ALBERTO

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL012006
500 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
 
...ALBERTO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA
TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA.
  
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST OR ABOUT
35 MILES...60 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...34
KM/HR. AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER
THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SOME RE-STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING ITS
TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. 

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA
AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION...33.5 N...81.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN/MAINELLI
 
 
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