[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
816 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004

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

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA:

  LEVY

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.2 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES WEST OF
CEDAR KEY. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES
ALONG THE LEVY COUNTY COAST. THE AREA GOES INTO LOW TIDE THIS EVENING
AND THEN ANOTHER INCREASE IS EXPECTED AS HIGH TIDE COMES LATER
TONIGHT. WATER LEVELS COULD INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

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

...WIND IMPACTS...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WERE BEING
OBSERVED OVER LEVY COUNTY AND THE NEAR SHORE GULF WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR LEVY COUNTY ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AS HURRICANE IVAN
MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF LEVY COUNTY
LATER TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

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

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD INFORMATION...
A HEAVY BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT 75 MILES
WEST OF THE LEVY COUNTY COASTLINE...WHICH WAS THE EASTERN EDGE OF
HURRICANE IVAN. A NEW LINE IS FORMING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LEVY COUNTY IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BUT THE
BULK OF THE RAIN WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR. RESIDENTS LIVING IN
FLOOD
PRONE AREAS OR ALONG AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SOME FLOODING AND SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FORECAST
OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

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RJS
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