[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
240 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH IN LEE
COUNTY TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER IN LEVY COUNTY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 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 IS IN EFFECT 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 2 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TAMPA. BARRY HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...THIS GENERAL
MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...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 NORTHEAST...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST DURING SATURDAY FROM AROUND THE TAMPA
BAY AREA NORTHWARD.

...INLAND FLOODING...
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.  LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES.

...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 AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
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 530 AM SATURDAY.

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PRC





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