[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
153 AM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 2 AM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE
GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...BISCAYNE BAY...AND LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0
NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. DENNIS
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 135 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAKING DENNIS A CATEGORY DANGEROUS FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA...
ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS ARE STILL DEVELOPING OR MOVING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING ON THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION...AND PALM
BEACH COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS REGION. ANY ONE OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD
BRING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THEREFORE...RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS IF ANY OF THIS
ACTIVITY WERE TO DEVELOP AND/OR MOVE ACROSS YOUR AREA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HIGH TIDE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST ALONG MARCO ISLAND TO EVERGLADES
CITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 3 TO 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH
A EXPECTED STORM SURGE OF AROUND 1 TO 2 FEET TO RESULT IN A STORM TIDE OF UP TO
3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR 430 AM SUNDAY MORNING IF THE WIND FLOW
BECOMES ONSHORE BEFORE THEN. THIS STORM TIDE MAY CAUSE SOME VERY MINOR BEACH
EROSION AND/OR VERY MINOR FLOODING OF COASTAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF
STATE ROADS 951 AND 92 TO MARCO ISLAND AND STATE ROAD 29 TO CHOKOLOSKEE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO
30 MPH...ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...A GRADUAL DECREASE IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUNDAY MORNING HOURS ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD
STILL REMAIN BREEZY AT TIMES.

ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ANY
RAIN BAND THAT DEVELOPS OR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF COLLIER AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES...THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM PALM BEACH TO MIAMI
DADE COUNTIES...BISCAYNE BAY...AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT ALSO AS
SEAS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH TODAY PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS OF COLLIER COUNTY.

ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF COAST BEACHES
EARLY SUNDAY. PERSONS ARE URGED 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 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
THROUGH SUNDAY PARTICULARLY IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN BANDS DEVELOP OR MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...GIVEN MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STAYED AWAY FROM
FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ONLY FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AND OR LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO WITH ANY REMAINING
RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE DENNIS FOR SOUTH
FLORIDA.

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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