[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
330 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS EXTENDED UNTIL 11 PM...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
KEYS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE.
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS.
UPDATED HEADLINES.
UPDATED TORNADO IMPACTS.
UPDATED WIND IMPACTS.
UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS.
UPDATED RAINFALL IMPACTS.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 300 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST... OR ABOUT 180 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14
MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 962 MB...OR 28.41 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE VERY SLOWLY BEGINNING TO DECREASE...AND THE STORM SURGE IS
RECEDING. HOWEVER...EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED TRAVERSING
STREETS WHICH HAVE BEEN INUNDATED BY STORM SURGE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT ONTO THE STREETS AT THIS TIME.
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXIST...INCLUDING SOME FALLEN TREES...DOWNED
POWER LINES...AND SOME DOWNED AND NON FUNCTIONING TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
TO REPORT TREES THAT ARE DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES OR DOWNED POWER
LINES IN THE CITY OF KEY WEST...PLEASE CALL 809-1108. THE KEY WEST
911 SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND SHOULD BE USED ONLY IF THERE
IS AN EMERGENCY. FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION CALL THE MONROE COUNTY
EMERGENCY HOTLINE AT 800-955-5504. KEY WEST AND MARATHON
AIRPORTS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER REMAIN CLOSED.
ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE MEDIA REPORTS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BULLETINS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO DECREASE. WINDS
IN THE LOWER KEYS ARE CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED 35 TO 40 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS OVER THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER KEYS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WIND AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS ARE AFFECTING THE STRAITS...FLORIDA BAY...AND THE GULF WATERS.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE KEYS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1100
PM. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF
THE HURRICANE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR DETECTED ON RADAR...A
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE ON HURRICANE DENNIS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST WILL BE AROUND 530 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...OR
WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST.

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