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HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1118 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA
   KEYS...
...IKE MAKES LANDFALL IN WESTERN CUBA...

.AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. ON THIS TRACK...IKE
IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.

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. RECENTLY COOP STATIONS AT LONG KEY AND RAMROD KEY IN THE
KEYS OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH.

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

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-101530-
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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-
1118 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 11 AM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE CLOSED ROADS AND AIRPORT
INFORMATION.
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.
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.

THE FOLLOWING STREETS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CLOSED TO TRAFFIC...SOUTH
ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND THE SOUTHERN ENDS OF
DUVAL...SIMONTON AND WHITEHEAD STREETS. 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 WEDNESDAY. GIVEN NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE AIRPORTS...COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE SHOULD
RESUME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...THE
DECISION ON OPENING ALL COUNTY...STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL BE
MADE LATER 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 THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50
TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE EAST
TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD FALL ACROSS
THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON. 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY 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 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1118 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 11 AM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE CLOSED ROADS AND AIRPORT
INFORMATION.
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.
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.

THE FOLLOWING STREETS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CLOSED TO TRAFFIC...SOUTH
ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND THE SOUTHERN ENDS OF
DUVAL...SIMONTON AND WHITEHEAD STREETS. 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 WEDNESDAY. GIVEN NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE AIRPORTS...COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE SHOULD
RESUME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...THE
DECISION ON OPENING ALL COUNTY...STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL BE
MADE LATER 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 THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50
TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE EAST
TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD FALL ACROSS
THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON. 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY 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 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

APA





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