[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
506 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST
FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO BONITA BEACH...
...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PERSONS IN COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.9 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES SOUTH
OF NAPLES. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH
AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING
CHARLEY A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND CHARLELY
COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
COLLIER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ISSUED A MANDATORY
EVACUATION FOR LOW LYING AND COASTAL AREAS OF COLLIER COUNTY
INCLUDING MARCO ISLAND...COPELAND...CHOKOLSKEE...EVERGLADES
CITY...GOODLAND AND ISLES OF CAPRI. WITH THE RAPID APPROACH OF
CHARLEY PERSONS ARE URGED TO IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE BEFORE ROADS
BECOOME IMPASSABLE. SEVERAL SHELTERS HAVE OPENED IN COLLIER COUNTY.

OFFICIALS IN HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES HAVE ISSUED STATEMENTS
REGARDING ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN ON FRIDAY.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED
TO COMPLETION WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. MARINE INTERESTS ON LAKE
OKEECHOBEE SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE ACTION IF A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SOUTH
FLORIDA ON FRIDAY.

RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA COAST ARE
URGED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR NOTICES FROM
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST AND ITS TIDAL ESTUARIES. HURRICANE
CHARLEY IS FORECAST TO PASS BY THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY.  THIS MEANS THAT THE
HIGHEST STORM TIDE WILL BE BEGIN AFFECTING THE COASTLINE FRIDAY
MORNING AND WILL LAST UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STORM TIDE...THE
COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE COULD REACH AS HIGH
AS 10 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IN THE NORTH PORTION OF COLLIER
COUNTY FROM VANDERBILT BEACH TO BONITA BEACH...INCLUDING LELY
BAREFOOT BEACH...BONITA SHORES AND UP THE COCOHATCHEE RIVER.

MUCH OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY...INCLUDING NAPLES AND MARCO
ISLAND MAY SEE A STORM TIDE...THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND
NORMAL HIGH TIDE...UP TO 8 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS WILL
CAUSE MANY COASTAL ROADWAYS TO FLOOD...ESPECIALLY STATE ROADS 951
AND 92 WHICH LINK MARCO ISLAND TO THE MAINLAND.

A STORM SURGE OF 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
NORTH AND WEST SHORES OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON FRIDAY AS SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE AFFECT THE AREA.  THIS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING NEAR THE MOUTH OF FISHEATING CREEK.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 6 PM...THE OUTERMOST RAINBAND...SEEN BY DOPPLER RADAR...IS
EMERGING FROM THE NORTH CUBAN COAST. THIS BAND WHICH LIKELY CONTAINS
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY IMPACT MAINLAND MONROE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AROUND 3 AM AND MOVE INTO
COLLIER COUNTY AROUND 4 OR 5 AM.

WINDS WILL REACH NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE CENTER OF CHARLEY SHOULD MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WHICH
COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

WINDS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD INLAND ACROSS INLAND COLLIER
AND ACROSS HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT
OFF CAPE SABLE AND WILL SPREAD NORTH TO THE COASTAL WATERS OFF NAPLES
BEFORE DAWN FRIDAY.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL
WATERS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY AFFECT LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON FRIDAY.

RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL MAKE SWIMMING OR
SURFING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO DANGEROUS.  MARINERS IN THE HURRICANE
WARNING AREA SHOULD RUSH PREPARATIONS TO SECURE BOATS AND MARINE
CRAFT IN PORT REMEMBERING TO ALLOW FOR THE STORM SURGE.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA...3 TO 5 INCHES OVER INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM
BEACH COUNTIES. THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN
POORLY DRAINED AREAS INCLUDING UNDERPASSES AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.
MANY ROADWAYS WILL BE UNDER WATER AND ACCESS COULD BE CUT OFF TO LOW
LYING AREAS.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS..
TORNADOES MAY FORM IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF CHARLEY AND AFFECT MOST
OF SOUTH FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING HURRICANE
CHARLEY WILL BE ISSUED AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT.

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