First Hurricane of 06 season...

[LA_MERC_BS]

Tropical Storm ALBERTO

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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM EDT TUES MAY 31 2006

...FIRST STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE GULF...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED...

AT 10 AM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY FROM KEY LARGO SOUTH AND WESTWARD TO KEY WEST AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 10 AM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES... WEST-NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.

ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. THIS MOTION
IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD
THE WEST EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

RECENT REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RAPID STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO BECOME A CATEGORY THREE
...MAJOR... HURRICANE TODAY AND ON THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 71 MPH WITH A
GUST TO 85 MPH WAS REPORTED AT DRY TORTUGAS C-MAN STATION LOCATED
IN THE SOUTHERN EYEWALL. SUSTAINED WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM-FORCE
ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...WHILE WIND
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM-FORCE ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER FLORIDA KEYS.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 990 MB...28.50 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA IN AREAS OF
ONSHORE FLOW EAST OF CAPE SABLE... AND IN FLORIDA BAY. STORM SURGE
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
OVER THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...WITH ISOLATED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF
15 TO 20 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER NORTHWESTERN CUBA...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE
FLORIDA KEYS.

REPEATING THE 10 AM EDT POSITION...24.8 N... 82.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.

FORECASTER STEWART

[LA_MERC_BS]

Onji just brought up an interesting point, Onji believe that if we tell Andy to take a road trip to the east coast, then the hurricane will miss us entirely because where ever he goes, the damn hurricane will follow.

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

The LAN should be over by the time it gets close and since I'll be going from LA to AL I'll take Alberto with me. LOL.

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

Where the hell did you get that Jerry. I don't see any data on any damn Alberto. WTF?

[LA_MERC_Diesel]

hahaha lmao...BS the haxor!!

[LA_MERC_BS]

Interesting thing about this hurricane, it doesn't exist. A friend or EX-friend of our city manager send an email to the city manager containing the projected path photo and the first advisory. An hour later the ex friend told the city manager that Alberto was a hoax. The only problem was that during that hour, the city manager had forwarded that email to all the department heads in the city and we were all making preparation for Monday's hurricane. Public works people were all called in for an emergency meeting to go ahead and start making arangements for evacuation of people living in the thousands of FEMA trailers along the water. The Police Department was making arrangements to cancel vacations and notify cops that we were all on mandantory hurricane schedule starting noon sunday. Some of the employees notified their families to go ahead and get ready to leave town and reserve hotel rooms in Panama city FL and JAckson MS to avoid the hurricane. Needless to say theres a lot of pissed off people around here right now. Theres a man hunt out for that smart ass who sent the email.

[DTA]

Well it broke the ranks of the big City of Gautier cause I got an email about it. Good Work, LMAO.

[LA_MERC_Dragonlady[s]]

OMG I was fixing to freak out!!! :eek:

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

Man, that guy has bigger balls than Ron Jeremy! LMFAO

[LA_MERC_Sabre]

lmao...that has to one of the all time classics....heheheheh

[LA_MERC_BS]

I thought it was pretty funny until Onji sent me outside to cut him a switch to use on me.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

lmao.....

[Crazy White Boy]

I was thinking it's a little bit early.