[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
145 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE EYEWALL IS ON LAND IN MARTIN AND
SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...
...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...

...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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...OKEECHOBEE
AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 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 1 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST OR ABOUT 10 MILES MILES WEST OF
STUART FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DUE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...THE CENTER OF JEANNE MADE
LANDFALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF HUTCHINSON ISLAND...JUST EAST OF
STUART. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AS THE HURRICANE JEANNE EYEWALL AND INNER RAINBANDS MOVE OVER LAND...
RESIDENTS IN THE PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
WITH NO WINDOWS SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET WITHIN A WELL
CONSTRUCTED HOUSE. HAVE MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS FOR COMFORT AND
PROTECTION. YOU MAY LOSE POWER PRIOR TO THE APPROACH OF THE PEAK OF
THE STORM SO HAVE A BATTERY OPERATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR AN AM
AND FM RADIO WITH YOU IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CRITICAL SEVERE WEATHER
UPDATES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE EYE WAS ONSHORE OVER SAINT LUCIE
COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE EYE YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR SECURE
SHELTER AS WINDS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION AS THE EAST EYEWALL REACHES YOUR LOCATION. HERE AT THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...THE PEEK WIND SO
FAR TONIGHT HAS BEEN A GUST TO 74 MPH. JUST TO OUR SOUTH...SEBASTIAN
INLET REPORTED WINDS OF 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 110 MPH.  VERO BEACH
REPORTED 64 MPH GUSTING TO 104 MPH. THESE HIGHER WINDS MAY SPREAD
NORTH TO PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

...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. A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...
OSCEOLA...BREVARD...OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM.

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 6 AM
...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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