[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1155 AM EDT THU JUN 09 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS...

...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE FLORIDA
KEYS FROM KEY WEST TO OCEAN REEF...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.1 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 385
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. ARLENE IS A TROPICAL STORM WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ARLENE IS MOVING
TOWARDS THE NORTH AT NEAR 8 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER
WESTERN CUBA TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
WAS ESTIMATED AT 1002 MB...OR 29.59 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK WILL CLOSE CAMPGROUNDS TODAY...AND
RE-OPEN AFTER STORM PASSAGE. HOWEVER...THE NATIONAL PARK IS NOT
CLOSED TO VISITORS. MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
HAVE NO PLANS TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT THIS
TIME.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
TODAY. SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST BEYOND THE REEF
ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS IN
THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE EXPECTED
TO BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...WITH SEAS IN THE
GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS BUILDING TO 7 FEET. MARINERS
SHOULD MONITOR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE FORECASTS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 34 KNOTS BY LATE THIS
EVENING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ARE EXPECTED IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS
FROM THE DRY TORTUGAS WESTWARD...INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS.
ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS AND COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAN
BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE OR TIDE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS OR DRY TORTUGAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROPICAL STORM
ARLENE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE FOR TROPICAL STROM ARLENE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE KEY WEST WILL BE AROUND 530PM EDT.

$$

DEVANAS


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