[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1105 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...ERNESTO OVER THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS...

 ...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...
THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR ALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELED. FOR COASTAL SECTIONS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

FOR INLAND SECTIONS...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD...
VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.5 WEST OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KEY LARGO FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI FLORIDA.  THIS POSITION IS JUST A FEW MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ISLAMORADA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS SHOULD BE READY FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NEAR THE COAST RESIDENTS SHOULD
ALSO BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE
RAIN BANDS THAT WILL MOVE ON SHORE AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO.
BRING IN LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS...TOOLS...AND LAWN
FURNITURE...WHICH MIGHT GET TOSSED ABOUT IN GUSTY WINDS. CHECK
FLASHLIGHTS AND RADIOS FOR GOOD BATTERIES IN THE FEW AREAS WHERE
POWER MAY GO OUT. RESIDENTS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SHOULD
PREPARE BOATS AND DOCKS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH
ON WEDNESDAY.

...WINDS...
AT 11 PM...THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH ERNESTO WERE STILL NEAR
45 MPH BUT NO ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CIRCULATION
CENTER OF ERNESTO WILL SOON BE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD TONIGHT...
REACHING MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY. AS ERNESTO CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWARD...TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH INDIAN RIVER...
BREVARD...OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...LAKE...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES
BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS
WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF ERNESTO AND ALONG THE COAST AS
RAINBANDS SPREAD ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS ERNESTO MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...THE
COMBINATION OF AN EARLY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE AND ONSHORE FLOW
WILL RESULT IN A 4 TO 5 FOOT TIDE ALONG MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA. THIS WILL ONLY BE ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE THE NORMAL
EXPECTED HIGH TIDE. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO
OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RISES WITHIN THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. SOME WAVE ACTION IN THE INTRACOASTAL
COULD DAMAGE DOCKS AND BOATS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE STORM
CENTER. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO FLOOD.
SOME ROADS OR INTERSECTIONS MAY BECOME TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY
BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING
MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES UNTIL 2AM. A FEW
RAINBANDS HAVE MOVED ON SHORE BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO
INDICATION OF ROTATION. OVERNIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL MOVE NORTH UP THE COAST. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE WITH
TROPICAL RAINBANDS MOVING INTO THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE
ATLANTIC.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT SOUTH OF VERO BEACH...THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY. THE
CENTER OF ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE BACK OUT OVER THE WATER BETWEEN
PORT CANAVERAL AND FLAGLER BEACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RAINBANDS AND NEAR THE CORE.
DURING THE EVENT...SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO 10 FEET
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT BETWEEN JUPITER INLET AND FLAGLER
BEACH.

MARINERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE ONSET OF
THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. AS THE CENTER OF ERNESTO MOVES NORTH
OVER FLORIDA...STRONG WINDS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL
PRODUCE ROUGH CONDITIONS...POSSIBLY DAMAGING SOME BOATS AND
DOCKS...ESPECIALLY THOSE EXPOSED TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE WEB SITE AT

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/GHLS/HLS_MAIN.HTML

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