[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
920 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE EYEWALL MAKING LANDFALL...
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL
INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...


...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN
AND OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL
COUNTIES FROM MARTIN TO VOLUSIA. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES...INCLUDING LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...
OSCEOLA...AND OKEECHOBEE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES IN
ANTICIPATION OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM EDT THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA...AND ABOUT 55 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AS THE EYEWALL MAKES LAND FALL RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET IN A
WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSE OUTSIDE OF EVACUATION ZONES. PREPARE
FOR THE EYEWALL AND INNER RAINBANDS AS YOU WOULD FOR A TORNADO. YOU
MAY WELL LOSE POWER PRIOR TO THE APPROACH OF THE PEAK OF THE STORM SO
HAVE A BATTERY OPERATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND AM AND FM RADIO WITH
YOU TO RECEIVE CRITICAL SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES DURING THE PASSAGE OF
JEANNE. HAVE MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS FOR COMFORT AND PROTECTION.

...WIND IMPACTS...
MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS MOVING ON SHORE IN MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE
COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE RAINBAND OF THE DANGEROUS HURRICANE...
CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL SPIRAL ONSHORE AND POUND
THE COASTLINE SOUTH OF VERO BEACH FROM 9 TO 11 PM. ISOLATED TORNADOES
MAY ALSO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS WIND BAND...LOCALLY ENHANCING
DAMAGE POTENTIAL. THIS BAND WILL AFFECT INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHERN
BREVARD COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT.

***EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...CAPABLE TO DESTROYING WEAK
STRUCTURES AND MOBILE HOMES...AND DAMAGING EVEN WELL BUILT STRUCTURES
WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF VERO BEACH OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. TREES WILL BE UPROOTED AND LARGE DEBRIS WILL BECOME
AIRBORNE. IT IS TIME TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE SAFEST INTERIOR LOCATION
WITHIN YOUR SHELTER AND PLAN TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM BREAKING GLASS AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
COLLAPSES WITH MATTRESSES.***

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL
ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. HIGH TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL AND
OCCUR AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 7 FEET ABOVE THE
PRESENT WATER LEVEL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF
LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE FLOOD THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE IS EXTREME. AS A RESULT...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES.

BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST ALONG AND NEAR THE TRACK
OF THE CENTER OF JEANNE. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE PRE-EXISTING FLOODING
CONDITIONS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS HIGHLY LIKELY IN MANY AREAS.

THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WHICH IS ALREADY IN FLOOD CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL
RISES...WITH MAJOR FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED OVER THE SAINT JOHNS BASIN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
AN INITIAL RISE IN THE WATER LEVEL NEAR DELAND...ABOVE LAKE HARNEY...
AND NEAR SANFORD...WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THEN OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...RIVER LEVELS WILL RESPOND TO THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM
...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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