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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1102 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND...PARTICULARLY DIXIE COUNTY.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.8 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
NEAR 8 MPH. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TODAY...
AND MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAKING WILMA A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVEN THOUGH WILMA IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WELL TO THE
SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...WILMA HAS A LARGE WIND FIELD...
WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AS MUCH AS 200
MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH MAY OCCUR ACROSS DIXIE COUNTY LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY...
ESPECIALLY IF WILMA MAKES LANDFALL FARTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED. IN
PREPARATION FOR THESE WINDS...RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE IN ANY OUTDOOR
FURNITURE OR OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS...AND CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AND STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A STORM SURGE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ALONG THE DIXIE COUNTY
COAST...AS ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
PRIMARILY OFFSHORE WINDS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE WARNED AREA WOULD BE
PRIMARILY FROM A FEW DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD CAUSE
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND ROAD HAZARDS...AND ALSO DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES ON WHICH THEY FALL. MINOR WIND DAMAGE COULD ALSO OCCUR TO
OLDER MOBILE HOMES...AND NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS COULD BE
UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS LIGHT PATIO FURNITURE
OR TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

SOME CURRENT AREA WIND CONDITIONS AS OF 11 AM EDT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CROSS CITY:         NE AT 8 MPH.
PERRY:              NE AT 9 MPH.
KEATON BEACH:      NE AT 11 GUSTING TO 16 MPH.
CEDAR KEY:    NE AT 14 GUSTING TO 18 MPH.
APALACHICOLA BUOY:  NE AT 19 GUSTING TO 24 MPH.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL...
BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED RAPID MOVEMENT OF HURRICANE WILMA...AND THE
FACT THAT THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND WILL BE LOCATED ON THE
GENERALLY DRIER NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STORM...NO HEAVY RAINFALL OR
FLOOD IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL
LIKELY NOT EXCEED ONE INCH.

...TORNADO THREAT...
THERE IS NO TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR THE SOUTHEAST
BIG BEND AREA.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE IS NO RIP CURRENT THREAT EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN COASTAL
AREAS OF THE APALACHEE BAY INCLUDING DIXIE COUNTY...AS BREAKERS DO
NOT GENERALLY OCCUR OVER THIS AREA. FURTHER TO THE WEST OVER ST.
GEORGE ISLAND AND POINTS WESTWARD...HOWEVER...THE RIP CURRENT RISK
IS HIGH DUE TO LARGE BREAKING WAVES REACHING THE COAST FROM WILMA.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ON WILMA WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 630 PM EDT.

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