[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...BARRY NEARING THE WEST COAST NEAR TAMPA BAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL SECTIONS UPDATED.

...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.

TORNADO WATCH ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT LEVY UNTIL 3 PM.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PINELLAS UNTIL 10 AM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.5 WEST OR ABOUT 98 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT MYERS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 62 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TAMPA BAY. BARRY IS NOW MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
WINDS ARE ONSHORE FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTH AND WILL BE SHIFTING
ONSHORE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AROUND TAMPA BAY. NORTH OF
TAMPA BAY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OFFSHORE. CURRENTLY TIDES ARE
RUNNING A FOOT OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL INCREASE WITH A
PERSISTENT ONSHORE WIND TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS 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
UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST DURING FROM THE TAMPA
BAY AREA NORTHWARD.

...INLAND FLOODING...
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
FLORIDA WITH SOME PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA WILL EXPERIENCE SHOWERY CONDITIONS TODAY.

STORMTOTAL RAINFALL TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES
OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND 3 AND 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
UP TO 8 INCHES CENTRAL AND NORTH PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COAST.

...TORNADOES...
AS BARRY CONTNUES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
AND ONSHORE... TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS WINDS SHIFT ONSHORE.
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 1130 AM SATURDAY.

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