[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KTBW 301517
HLSTBW
FLZ052-057-301800-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1100 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...ERNESTO DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
NORTH TOWARD CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT WITH
ERNESTO HAS DIMINISHED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST...OR ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE PLACID IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
ALL INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR POLK AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES
HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHARLOTTE...LEE...DE SOTO...HARDEE...
HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.

...WINDS...
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES. ISOLATED HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE FINAL HLS ISSUANCE FOR ERNESTO.

$$

PETRO





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