[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
530 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS...
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE FLORIDA
KEYS FROM OCEAN REEF TO KEY WEST...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.8 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST.

ARLENE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT AROUND 8 MPH. THIS
MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER OF ARLENE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
TODAY. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED WAS EXPECTED.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 1000 MB...OR 29.53
INCHES OF MERCURY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 45 MPH. HIGHER
GUSTS EXISTED MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SLOW
STRENGTHENING WAS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK WAS OPEN TO VISITORS. CAMPGROUNDS IN THE
PARK WERE CLOSED AND WILL RE-OPEN AFTER STORM PASSAGE.  MONROE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE
TROPICAL STORM.

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

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH SQUALLS
TO 40 KNOTS OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. A DECREASE IS LIKELY TOWARD EVENING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE WAS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES TODAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
INTERMITTENT HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE LOCAL
STREET FLOODING AT TIMES. STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES WERE RUNNING ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT KEY WEST. TIDES
WERE NEAR NORMAL FURTHER UP THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE
WILL OCCUR AT 1220 PM IN KEY WEST...AND 1109 AM AT VACA CUT.
SIGNIFICANT STORM TIDE FLOODING WAS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...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 830 AM EDT.

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DFM



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