[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1123 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...ERNESTO WEAKENING OVER CUBA BUT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATER
TONIGHT...

 ...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING
MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD...
OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA...AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST FROM VERO
BEACH SOUTHWARD.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...SAINT
LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST
FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACH SOUTHWARD.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EXCEPT FOR LAKE COUNTY...WHERE AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.8 WEST OR INLAND OVER CUBA.
THIS IS ABOUT 300 MILES FROM KEY LARGO AND ABOUT 500 MILES FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL. ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN 24 HOURS AND PLANS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SHOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED IN THE WARNED COUNTIES OF MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE...SAINT
LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS. EVERY
HOME OR BUSINESS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
HURRICANE PLAN IN PLACE AND BE PREPARED TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT FOR 72
HOURS AFTER A STORM PASSES. ERNESTO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER CUBA
BUT STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. AFTER DAYBREAK
ON TUESDAY RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE READY TO
IMPLEMENT YOUR HURRICANE PLANS SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED FOR
YOUR COUNTY.

...WINDS...
ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS A STRONG
TROPICAL STORM LATE TUESDAY AND SPREAD SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITH GUST TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE INTO MARTIN...ST
LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TUESDAY. ERNESTO WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
OCCASIONAL GUST TO NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH INTO EASTERN OSCEOLA...
BREVARD...EASTERN ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND
GUSTS WILL BE NEAR THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF ERNESTO AND IN THE
RAINBANDS MOVING INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS ERNESTO MOVES UP THE FLORIDA COAST SURGE AND TIDE WATERS MAY
TEMPORARILY REACH 4 TO 5 FEET BRINGING A MODERATE THREAT OF COASTAL
FLOODING TO AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL...
THE THREAT IS LOWER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SURGE AND TIDE WATERS OF 2
TO 3 FEET. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS BECOMING A CONCERN.

...INLAND FLOODING...
AS ERNESTO MOVES INTO THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS ON TUESDAY THE STORM'S
RAIN SHIELD WILL EXPAND AND MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. A FLOOD
WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BY
DAYLIGHT TUESDAY MORNING. FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MUCH
WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL TRACK OF ERNESTO. HOWEVER...AT THIS
POINT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE
EASTERN PART OF OSCEOLA AND ORANGE COUNTIES.

...TORNADOES...
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING...THE SCENARIO ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO PROMPTS
A MODERATE TORNADO THREAT MAINLY WITH THE OUTER RAINBANDS THAT
ROTATE ONSHORE. THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE IN VICINITY OF THE COAST.
THE TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED AND LIKELY THE FIRST
HAZARD TO ARRIVE INTO THE AREA.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM
JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH...SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO WEDNESDAY
NORTH OF COCOA BEACH. THEN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE INTO
WEDNESDAY CONTINUING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EXITING THE AREA THURSDAY
MORNING. MARINERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE PROGRESS OF ERNESTO AND
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR WELL IN ADVANCE. AS THE
CENTER OF ERNESTO MOVES NORTH OVER FLORIDA...STRONG WINDS OVER
THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS...
POSSIBLY DAMAGING BOATS AND DOCKS.
STRAIGHT
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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