[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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


...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS
INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 11 PM...
...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 WIND IMPACTS.
UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS.
UPDATED RAINFALL IMPACTS.

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

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 200 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED
AND DENNIS WILL BECOME A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR
SUNDAY. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. THE
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 955 MB...OR 28.20 INCHES OF
MERCURY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING...AND THE STORM SURGE IS RECEDING.
HOWEVER...EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED ON THOSE STREETS THAT
WERE 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 IN THE LOWER KEYS ARE CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS ARE
NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
TONIGHT.

...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 WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WESTERN STRAITS AND THE SOUTHEAST
GULF WATERS TONIGHT.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS
TODAY...MAINLY OVER THE LOWER KEYS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THE
LOWER KEYS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS. 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 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING...OR
WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST.

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FELTGEN



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