[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...ALL TROPICAL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
BONITA BEACH NORTH TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

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 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 77.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 320 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF TAMPA AND FORT MYERS. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 37
MPH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
TARPON SPRING...AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. AT 5 PM
EDT...THE C-MAN OBSERVING STATION IN VENICE FLORIDA REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 41 MPH. A GALE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO TARPON SPRING OUT 60
NAUTICAL MILES. WINDS OVER THESE COASTAL WATERS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 35
KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FROM TARPON SPRINGS NORTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NAUTICAL
MILES...AND TAMPA BAY...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. WINDS
WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OVER THESE
WATERS THIS EVENING...BUT WILL ALSO BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

WINDS OVER LAND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL
CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS THIS
EVENING. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ALONG ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE INTERSTATES...AND THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...SURGE IMPACTS...
TIDES HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL AT MOST GAGING POINTS ALONG THE
SUNCOAST AND 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...
THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE
WILMA...AS ALL TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

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