[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
815 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS...
...OUTER BANDS OF IKE AFFECTING MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA...

.AT 800 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 84.0 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES, FLORIDA.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE
IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.

GMZ656-657-676-100700-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
815 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO
BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 60 NM. COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO
CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN SAFE PORT THROUGH TONIGHT AND MOST OF
WEDNESDAY UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS OF IKE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF OCCURRENCE OF WATERSPOUTS
WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT,
PARTICULARLY OFFSHORE, BECOMING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 KNOTS BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE, WINDS IN THE 25 TO 30 KNOT RANGE
WITH 40 KNOT GUSTS ARE LIKELY WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY IN RAIN BANDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SEAS
WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS WITH SEAS OF 8 TO 10
FEET FORECAST OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING
TO 7 TO 8 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 1230 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.

$$

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-100700-
/O.CON.KMFL.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BISCAYNE BAY-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND BROWARD-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND MIAMI DADE-INLAND PALM BEACH-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-MAINLAND MONROE-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
METRO PALM BEACH-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
815 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
REMOVED PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION.
UPDATED WINDS.
UPDATED INLAND FLOODING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND MARINE AREAS: MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM
BEACH, GLADES, HENDRY, COLLIER AND  MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES, ALL
THE ATLANTIC WATERS, BISCAYNE BAY, AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE ATLANTIC
WATERS, BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

THE TIDE GAGE AT VIRGINIA KEY CONTINUES TO SHOW TIDES RUNNING ALMOST
A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS DUE TO THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS.
TIDES ARE FORECAST TO RUN 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL, HIGHEST ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST AND NEAR FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING THE FLAMINGO AREA.
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST, THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND RESULTING WAVE ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO
RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE BEACH
EROSION. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE AT THE TIMES
OF NORMAL HIGH TIDE, WHICH IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
AT AROUND 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST TONIGHT, EXCEPT
2O TO 25 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
SLOWLY DIMINISH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR WHERE RAINBANDS
MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS FROM IKE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL BE
SOUTH OF A NAPLES TO MIAMI LINE.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY, EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 KNOTS
OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING. THE HIGHEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATERS OFF THE MIAMI-DADE COAST. SEAS OVER THE
ATLANTIC TONIGHT WILL REACH 8 TO 12 FEET, HIGHEST OFF THE MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY COAST. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 8 FEET BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30
KNOTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE PORT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 1230 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.

$$

DG

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