[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
148 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...BACK SIDE OF THE EYE WALL NOW MOVING FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH METRO
PALM BEACH COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES...
HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE.

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
UPDATED WIND INFORMATION
UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS
UPDATED TORNADO IMPACTS

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EYE WALL IS NOW AFFECTING THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION
TO ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM WEST PALM BEACH NORTHWARD WITH
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.

AT 1 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS AT LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH
LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE
EYE OF WILMA OFF THE PALM BEACH COAST ABOUT 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JUPITER
MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS RAPIDLY MOVING OVER THE ATLANTIC. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY OCCURRING OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
FROM JUNO BEACH NORTHWARD TO JUPITER. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW
HURRICANE FORCE BY 3 PM. PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL WINDS
SIGNIFICANTLY SUBSIDE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DECREASING SLOWLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

RAIN HAS ENDED OVER ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF PALM BEACH
COUNTY.

POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS MANY PARTS OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. POWER LINES
ARE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS BIRD ROAD AT 157TH AVENUE IN MIAMI-DADE...ACROSS
BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN AVENTURA...AND PROBABLY OTHER ROADS AS WELL. STAY AWAY
FROM DOWNED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ONES THAT MAY BE DOWN IN STANDING WATER.
REPORT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AT 1-800-4 OUTAGE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AND THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA BAY
SHOULD BE DIMINISHING NOW THAT THE WINDS ARE BLOWING MOSTLY PARALLEL TO THE
COAST OR OFFSHORE. STORM SURGE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE
BAY...HAS RECEDED WITH WINDS BLOWING OFFSHORE.

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS
NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE FROM LAKEPORT TO SOUTH BAY...AND ON THE
EASTERN SHORE FROM BELLE GLADE TO PAHOKEE AND CANAL POINT AS THE WIND DIRECTION
BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE
HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME
ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE
SURGE WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST EYE
WALL WHICH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH
3 PM. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS. ONE DEATH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN CORAL SPRINGS THIS MORNING WHEN A
TREE FEEL ON A MAN. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE
DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS.

EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ESTIMATED 3.1
MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT NOON. WHEN USING
GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS
IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH
NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS.

SOUTH FLORIDIANS WILL NOTICE A DISTINCTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS MOVING INTO
THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE WILMA...WHICH WILL LIKELY DIMINISH THE
DEPENDENCE ON AIR CONDITIONING DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY MID AFTERNOON
AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT.

ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING.
THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING.

ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS
ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE PALM BEACH COASTAL WATERS...WITH TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS OVER BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. WINDS SHOULD START
DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN /6.38/ FELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AND OVER 8 INCHES /8.01/ WAS REPORTED AT THE AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE SITE
AT CHEKIKA STATE PARK IN MIAMI-DADE. ALMOST 6 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT A
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SITE AT LAKEPORT IN GLADES COUNTY AS
WELL.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS ENDED AS THE SOUTHWESTERN EYE WALL HAS MOVED OFFSHORE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM EDT.

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MOLLEDA

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