[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
500 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...ERNESTO MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STEADY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES OVER HIGHLANDS COUNTY. PATCHY LIGHT
RAIN HAS MOVED INTO POLK COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET STEADIER
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A BAND OF HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVING
ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL MOVE INTO HIGHLANDS COUNTY DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 120 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE PLACID IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY. ERNESTO IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...AND A TURN TO THE NORTH WITH
AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER WILL PASS NEAR EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE AND ERNESTO COULD WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN POLK AND HIGHLANDS
COUNTIES IN FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR POLK AND
HIGHLANDS COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR
POLK AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES.

...WINDS...
RAIN BANDS CLOSE TO THE STORM CENTER MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH OVER HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES...MAINLY FROM MID-DAY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5
INCHES. HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW LYING AREAS... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE TRACK OF ERNESTO.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS TODAY.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
OVER HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN AROUND 8 AM.

$$

JILLSON

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