[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM BARRY MOVING ONSHORE TODAY...

...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 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 145 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA BAY. BARRY HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH...THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED 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 EARLY TODAY THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST AS IT
PASSES LATER TODAY. THIS COULD INCREASE TIDES 3 TO 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA NORTHWARD
 TO CITRUS COUNTY AND 1 TO 3 FEET SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY AND LEVY
COUNTY.

...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 TODAY
THEREFORE INCREASING THE TORNADO THREAT FOR THE AREA. STAY TUNED
FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE TODAY. RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS SHOULD HEED CAUTION IN THE WATER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...TROPICAL
STORM BARRY IS NOT EXPECTED TO INTENSITY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. 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 830 AM SATURDAY.

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