[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
300 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY
AS WILMA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA EAST COAST.

THE HURRICANE WARNING FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED
TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

ALL INLAND TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

ALL TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR HAVE EXPIRED.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED.

CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
AND ALL REMAINING TROPICAL ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED BY
THIS EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTLINE AND
TIDAL SHORELINES OF LEE...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...AND SARASOTA
COUNTIES.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT
WIMAUMA...THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD...THE PEACE RIVER AT
ARCADIA...AND THE HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 230 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.8 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF FORT MYERS AND 230 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA.
WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG THE COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD. AT 2 PM EDT...THE
C-MAN OBSERVING STATION IN VENICE FLORIDA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 44 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH. MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD CAN EXPECT TO SEE 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS GRADUALLY
DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY THIS EVENING. MINOR WIND DAMAGE IS
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREA...AND DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ALONG
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND POINTS NORTH AND INLAND THROUGH HERNANDO
COUNTY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
STILL EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH NO
ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATES
AND THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...SURGE IMPACTS...
TIDES HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL AT MOST GAGING POINTS ALONG THE
SUNCOAST. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT TIDE LEVELS HAVE DECREASED...
HOWEVER THE SURF ALONG THE BEACHES WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND
DANGEROUS GIVEN THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
STAY AWAY FROM THE WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ENDED.

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR HURRICANE WILMA WILL BE ISSUED
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN AROUND 5 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON.

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