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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
835 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA
KEYS...

.AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED BY RADAR AND
A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.4
WEST...OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...IKE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE OVER THE WATERS BETWEEN THE ISLE OF YOUTH AND SOUTH COAST OF
HAVANA PROVINCE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND THEN MOVE OVER
WESTERN CUBA LATER TODAY. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IKE MOVES OVER WESTERN CUBA TODAY.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TO OCCUR WHEN IKE REACHES THE
GULF OF MEXICO.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 195
MILES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE RECENTLY
OBSERVED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH...WHILE A COOP STATION AT LONG KEY
IN THE MIDDLE KEYS RECENTLY OBSERVED A WIND GUST OF 55 MPH.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 965
MB...OR 28.50 INCHES.

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-101215-
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FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM-
835 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 8 AM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INSERT IMPASSABLE ROADWAY AND A
RECOMMENDATION TO REMAIN OFF THE ROADWAYS.
UPDATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO INSERT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
EXPECTED.
UPDATED WINDS SECTION TO INCLUDE SEVERAL GUSTS ALREADY EXPERIENCED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IKE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
THE SURROUNDING WATERS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DUE TO FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 MPH WITH THE STRONGER OUTER RAIN
BANDS...MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. MOREOVER...DUE TO
WATER AND DEBRIS...THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 75 IS
IMPASSABLE. RESIDENTS WHO EVACUATED SHOULD NOT RETURN UNTIL AFTER
THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM WINDS HAS ENDED...WHICH SHOULD BE
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISITORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE
FLORIDA KEYS BY THIS WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY A DAY OR SO SOONER.
MARINERS HOSPITAL IS OPEN FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY...WHILE ALL OTHER
HOSPITALS ARE CLOSED. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK...ALONG WITH ALL
COUNTY AND STATE PARKS ARE CLOSED. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE
CLOSED TODAY. ALL COUNTY...STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
TODAY. ALL RESIDENTS REMAINING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD STAY
INDOORS DURING PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY
AND THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS NEAR 3 FEET OCCURRING IN
KEY WEST AND VICINITY. LOCAL STORM TIDES OF UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KEY WEST AND VICINITY NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST STORM
TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO COME FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS IN KEY WEST...
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BLVD AND SEVERAL
STREETS NEAR SOUTHERNMOST POINT. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES
OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...

IN KEY WEST AT WHITE STREET PIER...
7:07 PM TONIGHT...5:39 AM WEDNESDAY

IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
6:49 PM TONIGHT...5:21 AM WEDNESDAY

IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
5:13 PM TODAY...5:18 AM WEDNESDAY

...WINDS...

FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
DURING HEAVIER SQUALLS WITHIN RAIN BANDS. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL
REMAIN GENERALLY FROM THE EAST EARLY THIS MORNING...SLOWLY SHIFTING
TO EAST SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN GENERALLY 1 INCH OR LESS...EXCEPT 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER A SMALL
PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES
COULD FALL ACROSS THE KEYS TODAY. THE AREAS RECEIVING THE HEAVIER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF FRESH WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGHOUT THE
FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...AS HURRICANE IKE PASSES
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA.

...MARINE IMPACTS...

ALL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45
KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KNOTS IN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BE 10 TO 15 FEET
BEYOND THE REEF...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS SOUTH
OF THE LOWER KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE IKE TO
THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
835 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 8 AM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INSERT IMPASSABLE ROADWAY AND A
RECOMMENDATION TO REMAIN OFF THE ROADWAYS.
UPDATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO INSERT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
EXPECTED.
UPDATED WINDS SECTION TO INCLUDE SEVERAL GUSTS ALREADY EXPERIENCED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IKE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
THE SURROUNDING WATERS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DUE TO FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 MPH WITH THE STRONGER OUTER RAIN
BANDS...MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. MOREOVER...DUE TO
WATER AND DEBRIS...THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 75 IS
IMPASSABLE. RESIDENTS WHO EVACUATED SHOULD NOT RETURN UNTIL AFTER
THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM WINDS HAS ENDED...WHICH SHOULD BE
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISITORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE
FLORIDA KEYS BY THIS WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY A DAY OR SO SOONER.
MARINERS HOSPITAL IS OPEN FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY...WHILE ALL OTHER
HOSPITALS ARE CLOSED. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK...ALONG WITH ALL
COUNTY AND STATE PARKS ARE CLOSED. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE
CLOSED TODAY. ALL COUNTY...STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
TODAY. ALL RESIDENTS REMAINING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD STAY
INDOORS DURING PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY
AND THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS NEAR 3 FEET OCCURRING IN
KEY WEST AND VICINITY. LOCAL STORM TIDES OF UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KEY WEST AND VICINITY NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST STORM
TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO COME FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS IN KEY WEST...
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BLVD AND SEVERAL
STREETS NEAR SOUTHERNMOST POINT. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES
OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...

IN KEY WEST AT WHITE STREET PIER...
7:07 PM TONIGHT...5:39 AM WEDNESDAY

IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
6:49 PM TONIGHT...5:21 AM WEDNESDAY

IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
5:13 PM TODAY...5:18 AM WEDNESDAY

...WINDS...

FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH WILL OCCUR
ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH DURING
HEAVIER SQUALLS WITHIN RAIN BANDS. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL REMAIN
GENERALLY FROM THE EAST EARLY THIS MORNING...SLOWLY SHIFTING TO EAST
SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN GENERALLY 1 INCH OR LESS...EXCEPT 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER A SMALL
PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES
COULD FALL ACROSS THE KEYS TODAY. THE AREAS RECEIVING THE HEAVIER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF FRESH WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGHOUT THE
FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...AS HURRICANE IKE PASSES
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA.

...MARINE IMPACTS...

ALL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45
KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KNOTS IN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BE 10 TO 15 FEET
BEYOND THE REEF...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS SOUTH
OF THE LOWER KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE IKE TO
THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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