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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
237 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS...
...RAINBAND AFFECTING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG
WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...

.AT 200 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES, FLORIDA.

IKE HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A SMALL INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 80 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.

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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-
237 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED TORNADOES SECTION.
UPDATED LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS.

...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 OVERNIGHT AND MOST OF
THE DAY UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE
REST OF THE NIGHT INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF
IKE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF OCCURRENCE OF WATERSPOUTS WILL BE
BEFORE NOON TODAY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE LIKELY
OVERNIGHT, PARTICULARLY OFFSHORE, BECOMING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30
KNOTS DURING THE LATE 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 OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.
SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS WITH SEAS OF 8 TO
11 FEET FORECAST OVERNIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

$$

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/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-
237 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED ALL SECTIONS.

...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 BOTH VIRGINIA KEY ON THE ATLANTIC COAST AND
NAPLES ON THE GULF COAST SHOW TIDES RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL LEVELS. 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 HIGH TIDE, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT AROUND 5 AM EDT THIS
MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON, EXCEPT AROUND 20 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.

...INLAND FLOODING...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A PERSISTENT RAINBAND SETTING UP ACROSS
FAR WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND ACROSS MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY,
EXTENDING NORTHWARD ACROSS COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY INTO THE GREATER
NAPLES AREA. THIS RAINBAND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. THIS COULD PRODUCE MINOR URBAN FLOODING
AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE GULF COAST. ELSEWHERE,
NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...TORNADOES...

THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURRING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS FROM IKE. THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL BE BEFORE NOON TODAY ACROSS COLLIER,
MAINLAND MONROE AND WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES IN THE PERSISTENT
RAINBAND NOW AFFECTING THESE AREAS.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY, EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS MORNING 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 LATE THIS MORNING.

OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30
KNOTS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING
THIS AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

$$

DG



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