[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE FRANCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1130 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM OCEAN REEF TO THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
STORM LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
WIND IMPACTS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO
BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS
OF HURRICANE FRANCES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
KEYS...FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO FLORIDA CITY INCLUDING FLORIDA
BAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH
ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA...WITHIN 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.8 WEST...ABOUT 80 MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH
FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 120 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCEAN REEF. FRANCES HAS
BEEN DRIFTING BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE WEST NORTHWEST DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR
5 MPH TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. FRANCES WAS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 961 MB...OR 28.38
INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE MONITORING THE
MOVEMENT OF HURRICANE FRANCES. TOLLS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED ON CARD
SOUND ROAD. RESIDENTS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS SHOULD SECURE
LOOSE OBJECTS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH
WESTWARD ACROSS THE KEYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE MIDDLE KEYS AND UPPER KEYS...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE RAIN BANDS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT THROUGHOUT THE KEYS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT TODAY. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FEET BEYOND THE REEF THIS AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS
WILL BE VERY ROUGH.

...STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS IN THE MIDDLE KEYS ARE ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT
THIS TIME. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE TIDE LEVELS TO REMAIN
ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS.
DAMAGING STORM SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDES TODAY:
OCEAN REEF IN KEY LARGO...111 PM.
VACA CUT IN MARATHON...127 PM.
WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...137 PM.
KEY WEST HARBOR...238 PM.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 PM EDT.

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FUTTERMAN/DEVANAS






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