[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
832 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS...
...IKE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...HEAVY SQUALLS
CONTINUING OVER THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...
.AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 170 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST.
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.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES. KEY WEST HAS REPORTED SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITH RECENT GUSTS TO 54 MPH.
THE MOST RECENT MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 969 MB...OR 28.61 INCHES.
GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-100430-
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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-
832 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 8 PM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY INFORMATION FOR RE-OPENINGS AND RETURN TIMELINES.
UPDATED STORM SURGE TO INCLUDE MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SUSTAINED SPEEDS AND GUSTS FOR THE LOWER
KEYS THIS EVENING.
UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO INCLUDE SMALL CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADO
THIS EVENING.
...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 UP TO 60 MPH...MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE
ROADWAYS TONIGHT. RESIDENTS WHO EVACUATED SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN
STARTING WEDNESDAY AT NOON...ONCE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE
OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS CLEAR OF DEBRIS. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN
TO THE KEYS STARTING ON THURSDAY.
THE FOLLOWING STREETS IN KEY WEST SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC...SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND THE SOUTHERN ENDS
OF DUVAL...SIMONTON AND WHITEHEAD STREETS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE ON ANY STREET WHERE THERE IS STANDING WATER. LOWER KEYS AND
FISHERMENS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS HAVE REOPENED...AND MARINERS
HOSPITAL EXPECTS TO REOPEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 7 AM. ALL HOSPITALS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...
ANYONE WITH SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS SHOULD CALL IN ADVANCE. COUNTY AND
STATE PARKS MAY BEGIN REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. ALL MONROE COUNTY
SCHOOLS AND COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY...BUT ARE
PLANNING TO REOPEN ON THURSDAY. MOST STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL
BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY...BUT PERSONNEL SHOULD CALL IN ADVANCE. GIVEN NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE KEY WEST AND MARATHON AIRPORTS...
COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE AND GENERAL AVIATION SHOULD RESUME WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. ALL RESIDENTS 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 POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS IN THE LOWER KEYS. THE HIGHEST
STORM TIDES WILL COME FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED DURING THE DAY AT SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS IN KEY WEST...
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BLVD AND SEVERAL
STREETS NEAR SOUTHERNMOST POINT. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE
HAS PASSED FOR THIS EVENING. STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS CONFINED TO KEY WEST AND VICINITY.
THESE WATER LEVELS WOULD CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS IN THE LOWER KEYS...SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED EARLY THIS
MORNING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT THE
FOLLOWING TIMES...
IN KEY WEST AT WHITE STREET PIER...5:39 AM WEDNESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...5:21 AM WEDNESDAY
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...5:18 AM WEDNESDAY
...WINDS...
PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
45 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EXTREME LOWER KEYS THIS
EVENING...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS WITHIN RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS.
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THIS EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION
WILL REMAIN FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT. THE AREAS RECEIVING THE HEAVIER RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL EXPERIENCE SOME PONDING OF FRESH WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
IN LOW LYING AREAS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS
THIS EVENING. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL DECREASE FURTHER LATER
TONIGHT.
...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 EVENING...THEN
GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BE 11 TO 15 FEET BEYOND THE
REEF...EXCEPT 17 TO 22 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 MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
FLZ076>078-100430-
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
832 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED HURRICANE IKE INFORMATION FOR THE 8 PM ADVISORY.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY INFORMATION FOR RE-OPENINGS AND RETURN TIMELINES.
UPDATED STORM SURGE TO INCLUDE MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SUSTAINED SPEEDS AND GUSTS FOR THE LOWER
KEYS THIS EVENING.
UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO INCLUDE SMALL CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADO
THIS EVENING.
...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 UP TO 60 MPH...MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE
ROADWAYS TONIGHT. RESIDENTS WHO EVACUATED SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN
STARTING WEDNESDAY AT NOON...ONCE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE
OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS CLEAR OF DEBRIS. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN
TO THE KEYS STARTING ON THURSDAY.
THE FOLLOWING STREETS IN KEY WEST SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC...SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND THE SOUTHERN ENDS
OF DUVAL...SIMONTON AND WHITEHEAD STREETS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE ON ANY STREET WHERE THERE IS STANDING WATER. LOWER KEYS AND
FISHERMENS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS HAVE REOPENED...AND MARINERS
HOSPITAL EXPECTS TO REOPEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 7 AM. ALL HOSPITALS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...
ANYONE WITH SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS SHOULD CALL IN ADVANCE. COUNTY AND
STATE PARKS MAY BEGIN REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. ALL MONROE COUNTY
SCHOOLS AND COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY...BUT ARE
PLANNING TO REOPEN ON THURSDAY. MOST STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES WILL
BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY...BUT PERSONNEL SHOULD CALL IN ADVANCE. GIVEN NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE KEY WEST AND MARATHON AIRPORTS...
COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE AND GENERAL AVIATION SHOULD RESUME WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. ALL RESIDENTS 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 POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS IN THE LOWER KEYS. THE HIGHEST
STORM TIDES WILL COME FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE. FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED DURING THE DAY AT SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS IN KEY WEST...
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT...ATLANTIC BLVD AND SEVERAL
STREETS NEAR SOUTHERNMOST POINT. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE
HAS PASSED FOR THIS EVENING. STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS CONFINED TO KEY WEST AND VICINITY.
THESE WATER LEVELS WOULD CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS IN THE LOWER KEYS...SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED EARLY THIS
MORNING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT THE
FOLLOWING TIMES...
IN KEY WEST AT WHITE STREET PIER...5:39 AM WEDNESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...5:21 AM WEDNESDAY
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...5:18 AM WEDNESDAY
...WINDS...
PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
45 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EXTREME LOWER KEYS THIS
EVENING...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS WITHIN RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS.
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THIS EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION
WILL REMAIN FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT. THE AREAS RECEIVING THE HEAVIER RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL EXPERIENCE SOME PONDING OF FRESH WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
IN LOW LYING AREAS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS
THIS EVENING. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL DECREASE FURTHER LATER
TONIGHT.
...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 EVENING...THEN
GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BE 11 TO 15 FEET BEYOND THE
REEF...EXCEPT 17 TO 22 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 MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
JACOBSON
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