WTUS82 KJAX 280853 HLSJAX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9N...LONGITUDE 73.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 480 MILES EAST OF BRUNSWICK GA. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WERE NO LONGER AFFECTING THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE SANDY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE JACKSONVILLE. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. SEAS AND ROUGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS AND BEACH GOERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE REGARDING HURRICANE SANDY AND THE STORMS AFFECTS ON THE LOCAL AREA. AMZ470-472-474-281000- /O.CAN.KJAX.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ AMZ450-452-454-281000- /O.CAN.KJAX.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- 453 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS... $$ ENYEDI