[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
845 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...FRANCES CONTINUES OVER FLORIDA...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY MORNING...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST
FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...AND ALSO FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TONIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.3 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF TAMPA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING WILL LIKELY OCCUR
AFTER FRANCES MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN PALM BEACH...MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES HAVE
RESCINDED THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND SHELTERS WILL BE CLOSING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE WATER IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOSH BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS INSIDE THE DIKE WILL BE
NEAR 18 TO 19 FEET...ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...MAINLY BETWEEN THE
SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST SHORES. 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...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 OF 1 TO 3 FEET WILL SLOWLY
RECEDE TONIGHT...AS WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH.
ALONG THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS OF MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND 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 TONIGHT AS
THE WIND BECOMES MORE FROM THE SOUTH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 8 PM...WINDS AT NAPLES WERE GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. OVER MOST OF INTERIOR
AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...WINDS WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
AT 8 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KNOTS. AT FOWEY ROCKS...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 24
KNOTS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS WHILE AT LAKE WORTH SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 26 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO 36 KNOTS. FROM JUPITER INLET TO OCEAN REEF...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN
IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON MONDAY.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
THROUGH 8 PM...THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN 13.55 INCHES AT PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ABOUT EIGHT INCHES HAS FALLEN AT AN AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGE ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
WELLINGTON. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE AVERAGED 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PALM
BEACH COUNTY AND ONE TO THREE INCHES ELSEWHERE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRANCES MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA HAS BEEN
EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 PM.

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