[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
924 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR
PERSONS IN MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...PALM BEACH...HENDRY...GLADES
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWARD...PALM BEACH...HENDRY AND GLADES
COUNTY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3
NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. DENNIS
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 125 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING DENNIS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND DENNIS
COULD BECOME A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AGAIN BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE
NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SHELTERS IN MIAMI-DADE AND COLLIER COUNTIES HAVE CLOSED.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING. PERSONS WITH POTENTIAL FLOOD PROBLEMS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER
ALERT THROUGH SUNDAY AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOOD WARNINGS
BE ISSUED. THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN BANDS IMPACT
THE AREA WHICH IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE AROUND THE NAPLES
AREA TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED ALONG THE GULF COAST OF COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND AND EVERGLADES CITY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE
STORM TIDE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR
LATER TONIGHT. AT THAT POINT THE STORM SURGE WILL BE ONLY ABOUT 1 FOOT IN HEIGHT
MEANING THE STORM TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR 430
AM SUNDAY MORNING.

THE STORM TIDE MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF COASTAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY PARTS
OF STATE ROADS 951 AND 92 TO MARCO ISLAND AND STATE ROAD 29 TO CHOKOLOSKEE.

NO FURTHER STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.

...WIND IMPACTS...
IN COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES AREAS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH ANY REMAINING RAIN BANDS THAT IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS
OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS OFF
THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST.

OVER MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES SUSTAINED WINDS ARE GENERALLY
15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. IN GENERAL...WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT.

ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES...WIND
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS TONIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 50 KNOTS ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COASTAL WATERS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE FROM
BONITA BEACH TO CAPE SABLE MAINLY OFFSHORE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
TONIGHT.

IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AND ON LAKE
OKEECHOBEE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS.

ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF COAST BEACHES
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. PERSONS ARE URGE TO GO INTO THE WATER ONLY WHEN A
LIFEGUARD IS PRESENT.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING HURRICANE
DENNIS HAVE TOTALED 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA.  THE
EXCEPTIONS ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER METROPOLITAN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND A FEW SPOTS
OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE EVERGLADES OF SOUTHWEST BROWARD AND NORTHEAST COLLIER
COUNTIES.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLLIER
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY PARTICULARLY IF ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...COLLIER...AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES TONIGHT.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...COLLIER
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL SPIRAL
BANDS ROTATING AROUND HURRICANE DENNIS AND MOVING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL
HAVE TO POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HURRICANE 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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