[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1115 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 THE MARINE...WIND AND STORM TIDE
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 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.3 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 305
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 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
EARLY FRIDAY. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED 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.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
FRIDAY. SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM OCEAN REEF THROUGH DRY
TORTUGAS WILL BUILD UP TO 10 FEET EARLY FRIDAY...WITH SEAS IN THE
GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS BUILDING TO 7 FEET. MARINERS
SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE FLORIDA
KEYS...AND TO OVER 40 MPH IN SQUALLS OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS. EARLY FRIDAY...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 UP
TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING..

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT KEY
WEST..BUT REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FURTHER UP THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE NEXT
HIGH TIDES THROUGHOUT THE KEYS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 200
AM. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM TIDE FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
HOWEVER...EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AROUND HIGH TIDE...MINOR OVERWASH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED ROADWAYS ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE OF THE
KEYS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE FOR TROPICAL STORM ARLENE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE KEY WEST WILL BE AROUND 230 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING.

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RIZZO














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