[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST COAST CANCELED...
...FLOOD WARNING FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EXTENDED THROUGH MIDDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED LOCAL MARINE IMPACT
UPDATED LOCAL FLOOD IMPACT
UPDATED STORM SURGE/STORM TIDE IMPACT

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN MIAMI-DADE...
BROWARD...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND MONROE
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 11 AM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA GULF COAST FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY WEST AND NORTH TO LONGBOAT KEY
INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY AND MAINLAND MONROE AND COLLIER COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WARNING FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1230 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING INLAND MIAMI-DADE...INLAND COLLIER AND INLAND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1130 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.1
NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.2 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING KATRINIA A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE AND STRENGTHENING
TO CATEGORY THREE STATUS OR MAJOR HURRICANE IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN COLLIER COUNTY...SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. A SHELTER IS OPEN IN IMMOKALEE. CHECK
WITH COLLIER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR DETAILS AT THE HOTLINE NUMBER 239-774-
8444.

ELSEWHERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA...AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO INSPECT DAMAGE...DOWNED POWER
LINES CAN KILL. WEAR STOUT SHOES WHEN WALKING AMID DEBRIS...NEVER GO BAREFOOT...
AND STAY FAR AWAY FROM ANY DOWNED POWER LINES. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
OPERATING POWER TOOLS TO CUT UP DOWNED TREES. MAKE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF
VENTILATION FOR GENERATORS AS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A SILENT KILLER IN
POORLY VENTED ROOMS WITH GENERATORS OPERATING. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY
ANYWHERE NEAR STANDING WATER BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED POWER LINES
THAT CANNOT BE SEEN.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOUTHWEST COAST...
WINDS ARE BECOMING ONSHORE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST AND THIS WILL
CAUSE WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST TO INCREASE. THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ONLY ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET BECAUSE THE ASTRONOMICAL
TIDE WILL BE LOW AROUND 1 PM. THIS EVENING AROUND 8 PM...NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE...A STORM TIDE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS
POSSIBLE. ANOTHER HIGH TIDE AROUND 5 AM SATURDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL STORM TIDE OF 2 TO 3 FEET.

SOUTHEAST COAST...
TIDES ALONG THE MIAMI-DADE COASTLINE INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY ARE NOW RUNNING 1
TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE ONSHORE WINDS. THESE TIDES WILL SLOWLY RETURN TO
NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WIND BECOMES SOUTH AND DECREASES. THE NEXT HIGH
TIDE AT MIAMI HARBOR ENTRANCE WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND LEVELS
WILL AGAIN BE AS MUCH AS 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS ARE PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST SHORE OF THE LAKE...INCLUDING THE MOUTH OF FISHEATING CREEK. LAKE
LEVELS ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SHORES WILL BE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE THE
AVERAGE LAKE LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY BE
DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE LAKE RETURN TO NORMAL BY TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS COLLIER AND
PARTS OF BROWARD COUNTIES. AT 6 AM EDT...A WIND GUST TO 39 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT
EVERGLADES CITY. IN THE NAPLES METRO AREA...WINDS WERE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35
MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS KATRINA MOVES FARTHER OUT INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO...BUT WINDS WILL GUST TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPIRAL BANDS ROTATING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF OF MEXICO
COASTAL WATERS AS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES WEST FROM CAPE SABLE. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE
COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING THIS AND EVENING AS KATRINA
MOVES FARTHER OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...WINDS HAVE DECREASED
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BUT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. ROUGH SURF
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM
BEACH COUNTIES AND RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. BEACH GOERS SHOULD SWIM ONLY AT
GUARDED BEACHES.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
DURING KATRINA OVER 12.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE
AND NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR CUTLER RIDGE CAUSING EXTENSIVE
FLOODING IN SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN
GOULDS AND HOMESTEAD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES GREATER
THAN 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A WIDE AREA SOUTH OF KENDALL DRIVE INCLUDING CORAL
GABLES AND KEY BISCAYNE WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES PROBABLE.
RAINFALL ACROSS BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES WAS MUCH LESS...GENERALLY FROM
1.5 TO 4 INCHES...AND EVEN LESS ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA DUE TO THE
SOUTHWEST MOVEMENT BY KATRINA OVERNIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH KATRINA WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...
SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA TOWARD THE
CENTER OF THE STORM. THESE SPIRAL BANDS CAN PRODUCE A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IN A SHORT TIME...FURTHER AGGRAVATING ANY FLOOD CONDITIONS ALREADY PRESENT.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR COLLIER...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON EVEN THOUGH KATRINA WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM
SOUTH FLORIDA. BECAUSE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE MUCH LOWER IN BROWARD AND PALM
BEACH COUNTIES AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THOSE AREAS.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE CONTINUES TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES IN THE SPIRAL BANDS THAT WILL
BE ROTATING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE AROUND 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS LOCAL STATEMENT...PLEASE GO TO
OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO AND CLICK ON THE GRAPHICAL
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ICON.

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