[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1140 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...RAINFALL APPROACHES ONE FOOT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PERSONS IN PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE...
COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 1 PM. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH...
GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR METRO BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
GULF COAST FROM BONITA BEACH SOUTHWARD TO SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MIAMI-DADE
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.2 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS NEAR FROSTPROOF OR ABOUT 55
MILES NORTH OF PALMDALE IN NORTHERN GLADES COUNTY. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF HURRICANE FORCE AND FLOODING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION AND NEAR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN SAFELY INDOORS UNTIL
CONDITIONS IMPROVE THIS EVENING. MANY OF THE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE
DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES HAVE RESCINDED THE
EVACUATION ORDERS AND SHELTERS WILL BEGIN CLOSING THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS BEING AFFECTED BY STRONG TROPICAL STORMS FORCE WINDS
WITH HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS. AS FRANCES MOVES WEST AND NORTHWEST...WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND PUSH WATER TOWARD THE EAST COAST FROM SOUTH
BAY TO PAHOKEE TO TAYLOR SLOUGH. MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOOVER
DIKE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 17 TO 18 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. ULTIMATELY...THE
WIND WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...PUSHING WATER UP
AS HIGH AS 18 TO 19 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL THERE MONDAY MORNING. THE HOOVER
DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO AT LEAST 30 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. RITTA...
KREAMER AND TORRY ISLANDS ARE PARTIALLY FLOODED AT THESE LEVELS INCLUDING SOME
CAMPGROUNDS AND ROADS. ROADS AND LAKESIDE FACILITIES IN THE PAHOKEE AREA WILL
PARTIALLY FLOOD AT THESE FORECAST LEVELS TODAY...AND SOME CAMPGROUNDS AND
TRAILER PARKS ON THE LAKESIDE OF THE DIKE WILL FLOOD AT THE FORECAST LEVELS
MONDAY MORNING.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...THE STORM TIDE WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS WEAKEN AND BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH. ALONG
THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS OF MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND THE CHOKOLOSKEE AND
EVERGLADES CITY AREAS OF COLLIER COUNTY THIS WILL LIKELY FLOOD PARTS OF STATE
ROAD 29 BETWEEN TAMIAMI TRAIL AND CHOKOLOSKEE. FROM MARCO ISLAND NORTH TO NAPLES
AND BONITA BEACH THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE WILL RECEDE TO 1 TO 2 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE WIND BECOMES MORE FROM THE SOUTH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 11 AM...WINDS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE MEASURED AT 52 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
74. AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WINDS WERE 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 33.
ACROSS BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE HURRICANE MOVES AWAY...BUT SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE AROUND 65 KNOTS WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. AT FOWEY ROCKS...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 47 KNOTS GUSTING TO 51
KNOTS WHILE AT LAKE WORTH SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 42
KNOTS. HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE
THROUGH LATE MORNING. OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO HURRICANE FORCE IN THE PALM BEACH COASTAL WATERS.  MARINE CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY IMPROVE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 KNOTS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE DAY...FINALLY BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
THE WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP
CURRENTS ON THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST THIS MORNING.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
THROUGH 10 AM THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN 11.04 INCHES AT
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ABOUT 7.68 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT AN AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGE ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
WELLINGTON. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE AVERAGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS
PALM BEACH COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE
LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. SPIRAL BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS
OVER THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PALM BEACH COUNTY AND
THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF TORNADOES ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON AS SPIRAL BANDS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
230 PM.

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LUSHINE

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