[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1150 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...HURRICANE WILMA IS NOW A MAJOR HURRICANE...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 115 MPH. WILMA CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE
LOWER SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA WITH LANDFALL EXPECTED AROUND 5 TO
6 AM. THIS MEANS THAT THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS MAY ARRIVE A FEW HOURS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY
FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY FOR OKEECHOBEE...
MARTIN...AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO
TITUSVILLE...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NORTH
OF TITUSVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE AND
OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA
COUNTIES.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN
BREVARD...VOLUSIA...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...INDIAN RIVER...
OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.7 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NAPLES FLORIDA...AND ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT PIERCE.

WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE BRINGING THEIR HURRICANE PREPARATIONS TO AN END
AND BE RETREATING TO THEIR DESIGNATED SAFE PLACE ACCORDING TO THEIR
ACTION PLAN...STAYING INDOORS FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING PERIODS.
IMPORTANTLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR TORNADO
WARNINGS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THEIR AREA AND BE READY TO
TAKE COVER OVERNIGHT.

IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...PLEASE TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. DURING
SUNDAY EVENING...A TORNADO MOVED THROUGH COCOA VILLAGE IN
BREVARD COUNTY CAUSING DAMAGE. IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO...OR EVEN
FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITHIN THE INNER RAINBANDS OF WILMA...THE
SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BLOCK HOME OR BUILDING...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

NOW THAT WILMA HAS BECOME STRONGER AND MOVING FASTER...THE THREAT
FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO PENETRATE FARTHER INLAND...EVEN CROSSING THE
PENINSULA TO THE EAST COAST...IS VERY REAL CONCERN!!!

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE GREATEST THREAT FROM WILMA ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA IS FOR
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND FIELD IS VERY LARGE
AND THEREFORE WILL ARRIVE WELL BEFORE THE APPROACH OF THE CORE WINDS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS OKEECHOBEE...
OSCEOLA...MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES OVERNIGHT
AND SPREAD ACROSS BREVARD...ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE...AND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES STARTING BEFORE SUNRISE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMPACTING OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...SOUTHERN OSCEOLA
AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES BY SUNRISE...AND POSSIBLY SPREAD NORTH
INTO INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES BY MID MORNING.

BECAUSE THE OF THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF WILMA...WINDS WILL BE HIGHEST
IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE CENTER AND TO THE RIGHT. IT IS LIKELY THAT A
BAND OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 100 MPH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE PENINSULA MONDAY MORNING. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROOFING MATERIALS...AS WELL AS EXPOSED
DOORS AND WINDOWS. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MOBILE
HOMES THAT HAPPEN TO BE IN THE PATH OF THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR FROM DOWNED TREES AND LARGE SIGNS.
A FEW ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO SOME LARGE DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY
WITHIN THE MAIN WIND SWATH OF THE CORE WINDS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL
11 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS HIGH. STRONG
AND LONGER-LIVED TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE KEYS...AND
ALSO BETWEEN FORT DRUM IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY TO BREVARD COUNTY AT
COCOA VILLAGE.

THE THREAT OF STRONG AND LONGER-LIVED TORNADOES WILL BE INCREASING
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. HISTORICALLY...LATE
SEASON TROPICAL CYCLONES MOVING IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HAVE
PRODUCED KILLER TORNADOES. THEREFORE...TAKE TORNADO WARNINGS
SERIOUSLY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
MONDAY. BECAUSE WILMA WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE STATE...
WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES MAY OCCUR IN HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS OUTER
RAINBANDS FROM WILMA LIFT NORTHWARD UP THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND
INTERSECT THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY FROM DAYTONA TO
ORLANDO AND SOUTHWARD AS THE CORE OF HURRICANE WILMA PLOWS ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATED RAPID MOVEMENT OF WILMA AND THE MOVEMENT
OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC...HIGH IMPACT STORM SURGE AND COASTAL
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A STORM TIDE OF PERHAPS 3 OR 4
FEET IS POSSIBLE BEFORE AND AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE MONDAY...
NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER OF WILMA MOVES OFFSHORE. EXTREMELY ROUGH
SURF...BEACH EROSION...AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE
ATLANTIC.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS HURRICANE FOR MARINERS DUE TO ITS RAPID
APPROACH AND ACCELERATION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL
QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH BUILDING SEAS AND THEN BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NWS MELBOURNE
AROUND 3 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE
VIEWED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB AND CLICKING ON WILMA LOCAL INFO.

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