[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
240 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA
KEYS...
...IKE CROSSING WESTERN CUBA...
.AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS
TRACK...IKE IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TO OCCUR WHEN IKE EMERGES IN THE SOUTHEAST
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 OFFICE OBSERVED A WIND GUST OF
66 MPH...WITH SEVERAL LAND OBSERVATIONS INDICATING NUMEROUS TROPICAL
STORM WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 965
MB...OR 28.50 INCHES.
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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-
240 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 2 PM ADVISORY.
UPDATED STORM SURGE SECTION TO INSERT 2 TO 4 FEET ON THE ATLANTIC
SIDE FOR ALL KEYS.
UPDATED WINDS SECTION TO INCREASE TROPICAL STORM GUSTS.
...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 SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH...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 AND COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
WEDNESDAY. GIVEN NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE AIRPORTS...COMMERCIAL
AIR SERVICE SHOULD RESUME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY MORNING.
THE DECISION ON OPENING ALL 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 4 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE HIGHEST STORM TIDES WILL COME
FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON 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 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR
ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE
FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
...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 65 KNOTS 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 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
240 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 2 PM ADVISORY.
UPDATED STORM SURGE SECTION TO INSERT 2 TO 4 FEET ON THE ATLANTIC
SIDE FOR ALL KEYS.
UPDATED WINDS SECTION TO INCREASE TROPICAL STORM GUSTS.
...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 SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH...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 AND COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
WEDNESDAY. GIVEN NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE AIRPORTS...COMMERCIAL
AIR SERVICE SHOULD RESUME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY MORNING.
THE DECISION ON OPENING ALL 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 4 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE HIGHEST STORM TIDES WILL COME
FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON 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 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR
ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE
FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
...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 65 KNOTS 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 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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