[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
830 AM SAT SEP 25 2004

...HURRICANE JEANNE OVER THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND NEARING
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM
OCEAN REEF TO THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...INCLUDING THE
ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS AND FLORIDA BAY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA
WITHIN 36 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.0 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF KEY LARGO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 105
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND
JEANNE WILL LIKELY BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY. JEANNE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CORE OF JEANNE WILL BE PASSING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TODAY...AND APPROACH THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF
FLORIDA TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
SPREADING INLAND OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 957 MB...OR 28.26 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF
HURRICANE JEANNE AND AT THIS TIME NO PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE BEING
RECOMMENDED. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD REVIEW AND UPDATE THEIR HURRICANE
FAMILY PLANS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTY BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS. STRONGER
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN GUSTS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. IN THE
ATLANTIC WATERS OFF THE UPPER AND MIDDLE KEYS TODAY...WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS AND GUSTY. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET
OUTSIDE THE REEF...AND 2 TO 3 FEET INSIDE THE REEF. FLORIDA BAY AND
NEARSHORE WATERS WILL BE VERY ROUGH. FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WINDS
OF 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS WILL
BE 8 TO 11 FEET OUTSIDE THE REEF...AND 2 TO 4 FEET INSIDE THE REEF.
FLORIDA BAY AND NEARSHORE WATERS WILL BE EXTREMELY ROUGH.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN
FLORIDA BAY ON SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY AROUND JEWFISH CREEK.
OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA
KEYS WITH THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE JEANNE. UPCOMING HIGH TIDES AT
VACA CUT WILL OCCUR AT 8:03 THIS EVENING...AND 7:49 SUNDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE JEANNE
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 AM EDT.

$$

D.FELTGEN





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