[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
900 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.
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 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.8 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 235 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST
AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
TRACK...ARLENE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 1000
MB...OR 29.53 INCHES OF MERCURY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW
NEAR 55 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC AT THIS TIME
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES
TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE TROPICAL STORM.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS TODAY.
SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC FROM OCEAN REEF TO DRY TORTUGAS WILL BUILD UP
TO 12 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 IS 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 1130 AM EDT.

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