[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1130 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT YET IN EFFECT. WATCHES
WILL BE ISSUED WHEN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 36 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH
OF CANCUN MEXICO. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 415 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KEY WEST. WILMA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH. A
SLOW MOTION TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST OR NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 140
MPH...MAKING WILMA A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. ON THIS TRACK THE
CENTER OF WILMA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
YUCATAN PENINSULA OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 932
MB...OR 27.52 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS VOLUNTARILY TO
EVACUATE. THE SHELTER AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY REMAINS
OPEN TO ACCEPT RESIDENT EVACUEES. EVACUATING RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
SEEK SHELTER NORTH OF ORLANDO IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO STAY AT THE
DESIGNATED SHELTER AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. A MANDATORY
EVACUATION ORDER FOR ALL MOBILE HOME DWELLERS AND SPECIAL NEEDS
CLIENTS WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 6 AM EDT SATURDAY. MONROE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL MAKE A DECISION REGARDING MANDATORY
EVACUATION FOR ALL KEYS RESIDENTS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE BRIDGES
AT SNAKE CREEK AND JEWFISH CREEK WILL OPEN FOR VESSELS EVERY HALF
HOUR...BUT THESE BRIDGES WILL BE LOCKED DOWN AT NOON SATURDAY. TOLLS
ON CARD SOUND ROAD AND THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
WEIGHT SCALES WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL NOON ON SATURDAY. KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND GREYHOUND BUSES REMAIN OPERATIONAL AT THIS
TIME.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL REMAIN SAFE FOR TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BASED
ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF WILMA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230
AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. VISIT OUR KEY
WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST.

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