[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1100 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...ERNESTO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM...ERNESTO WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST
SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELED SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...
OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND MARTIN COUNTIES.
SINCE THE DEPRESSION COULD REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THIS
EVENING AFTER MOVING OFFSHORE THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET
AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR BREVARD AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

 ...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 REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR AREAS FARTHER SOUTH.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND
BREVARD COUNTIES...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND
MARTIN COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAPE CANAVERAL. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
NEAR 35 MPH. THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING NORTH NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY ALONG WITH AN INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED...BRINGING THE CENTER OFFSHORE THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COAST THIS EVENING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY IN GUSTS. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL ERNESTO EXITS THE REGION
TONIGHT...AS WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

...WINDS...
THE CIRCULATION OF ERNESTO HAS WEAKENED THIS MORNING AFTER MOVING
ONSHORE SOUTHERN FLORIDA...BUT MAY RESTRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY AFTER
MOVING BACK OFFSHORE THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST THIS EVENING. MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WITH OCCASIONAL WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...
MAINLY IN GUSTS...WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS VOLUSIA AND BREVARD
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL
LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE COAST AS OCCASIONAL SHOWERS SPREAD ONSHORE.

ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...WINDS MAY GUST TO 25
TO 35 MPH DURING TIMES OF PASSING SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STEADY ONSHORE FLOW WILL ADD LESS THAN 2 FEET TO THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RISES WITHIN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE
MINIMAL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BREVARD COUNTY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN A SMALL REGION ALONG
AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED REPEATED HEAVY RAINS.

...TORNADOES...
AN ISOLATED SHORT-LIVED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
BRIEFLY REACH 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS IN
SQUALLS...PRIMARILY IN RAINBANDS AND NEAR THE CENTER OF THE
DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE. SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BUILD TO BETWEEN 6 AND 9 FEET AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ALONG
THE TRACK OF THE DEPRESSION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 600 PM 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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