[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...ERNESTO WEAKENING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TOWARD CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE PLACID IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY. ERNESTO WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 8 MPH. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
PASS NEAR EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 40 MPH.

...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.

...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.

...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 THIS AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN AROUND 11 AM.

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NOAH




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