[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
630 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...TROPICAL STORM BARRY FORMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH IN LEE
COUNTY TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER IN LEVY COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BONITA BEACH TO KEATON
BEACH...WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF LEVY...CITRUS...
HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...SARASOTA...
DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NON COASTAL AND
NON TIDAL AREAS OF LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...SUMTER...PASCO...
PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...
DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TAMPA.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHICH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES
AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH BLOWING AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BRING IN ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS THAT COULD BE
PICKED UP BY THE WINDS. LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ABOUT PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS IN YOUR AREA. CHECK OUR
LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT
TROPICAL STORM PREPAREDNESS.


...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK SUGGESTS THAT WINDS WILL BE OFFSHORE
AHEAD OF THE STORM TONIGHT THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST AS IT
PASSES DURING SATURDAY. THIS COULD INCREASE TIDES 3 TO 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA NORTHWARD
AND 1 TO 3 FEET SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY.

...WINDS...
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS
WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS BARRY MOVES NORTH WITH SOME GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TOWARD MORNING FROM AROUND
THE TAMPA BAY AREA NORTHWARD. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY MORNING ALONG COASTAL PORTIONS OF LEVY AND CITRUS
COUNTIES.

OVER INLAND AREAS WINDS MAY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN SOME OF THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER
SHOWERS.

TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN
3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED PEAK AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTHWARD.

...TORNADOES...
THE PRIMARY AREA FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IN TROPICAL SYSTEMS IS
THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF THE STORM. AS BARRY MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...THAT PART OF THE
STORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING THEREFORE INCREASING THE TORNADO THREAT
FOR THE AREA. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES SUNDAY.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM BARRY IS NOT EXPECTED TO INTENSITY VERY MUCH AS IT
MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA
NORTHWARD.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN RUSKIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 PM TONIGHT.

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PRC



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