[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
515 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS...

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

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 335
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. ARLENE IS A TROPICAL STORM WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME MODEST STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
NEAR 8 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER WESTERN
CUBA TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE WEATHER IS
CURRENTLY ARRIVING WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER. A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 1001 MB...OR
29.56 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK CAMPGROUNDS ARE CLOSED...AND WILL
RE-OPEN AFTER STORM PASSAGE. HOWEVER...THE NATIONAL PARK IS NOT
CLOSED TO VISITORS. MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE TROPICAL STORM...BUT AT THIS TIME DOES
NOT PLAN TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
TOMORROW. SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST BEYOND THE
REEF ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET OVERNIGHT. SEAS IN THE
ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE EXPECTED TO
BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET...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
OVERNIGHT...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 NEAR 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN
SQUALLS...CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

...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 830 PM EDT.

$$

DEVANAS/RIZZO








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