[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
409 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...OUTER FRINGES OF POWERFUL HURRICANE IVAN WILL AFFECT LEVY
COUNTY...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA:

  LEVY

INCLUDING...
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM YANKEETOWN TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM.

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT
9 MPH.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WATER LEVELS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED OVER LEVY
COUNTY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND COULD INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS MAY OCCUR...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR AT 314
AM THURSDAY MORNING AND 339 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR LEVY COUNTY ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BANDS OF
HEAVY RAIN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL
TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD INFORMATION...

HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVY RAIN BANDS AS
THEY SPIRAL IN OVER LEVY COUNTY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...
CREEKS...AND RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FORECAST
OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM EDT.


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