[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
815 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 AND WIND IMPACTS.
ADDED 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 325
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...HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS ARE
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.

...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
FRIDAY. 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 LISTEN TO

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. OVERNIGHT...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 34 KNOTS...39 MPH...OVER THE WATERS FROM THE DRY
TORTUGAS WESTWARD. ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
COASTAL WATERS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN SQUALLS...CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

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

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH PERIODIC RAIN SQUALLS...
PRODUCING LOCAL STREET FLOODING AT TIMES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING...MAINLY IN THE LOWER
KEYS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE KEYS. NO SIGNIFICANT
STORM SURGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER MINOR OVERWASH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED ROADWAYS ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE OF THE KEYS AT
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 200 AM.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE FOR TROPICAL STORM ARLENE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE KEY WEST WILL BE AROUND 1130 PM EDT.

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RIZZO










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