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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
240 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINERS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
OF MONROE COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MONROE UPPER KEYS...MONROE MIDDLE KEYS AND MONROE LOWER KEYS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.3N...LONGITUDE 74.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 460
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FL...OR ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OCEAN REEF FL. THE DEPRESSION HAS MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS. HOWEVER...IT SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AT
15 MPH. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
FLORIDA STRAITS ON FRIDAY AS A TROPICAL STORM. BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SURROUNDING
WATERS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS
ADJACENT TO THE FLORIDA KEYS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS LATER FRIDAY MORNING.

.NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

.WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE APPROACHES AND STRENGTHENS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING. LOOSE
LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS...INCLUDING UMBRELLA...SMALL POTTED PLANTS
AND SOME FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND DECKS...BALCONIES AND PATIOS.
TREE BRANCHES MAY PULL DOWN ELECTRICAL SERVICE LINES...RESULTING IN
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

.STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA
LEVEL...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND
LEVEL ACROSS THE LOWEST LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE.
A FEW WATERFRONT ROADWAYS AND BEACH FRONT AREAS MAY BE FLOODED...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDES ON FRIDAY ALONG
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM IN THE
MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM IN THE EVENING.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF OF
2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES.

.TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

.MARINE IMPACTS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE APPROACHES AND STRENGTHENS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING. THESE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS PLANNED FOR RESIDENTS OR VISITORS IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS. HOWEVER...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS
FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND
MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A
BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. NOTE THAT
SNAKE CREEK BRIDGE MAY NOT OPEN FOR MARINE VESSELS. REGARDING ANY PORTION
OF THE FLORIA KEYS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT AND WELL SECURED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN MONROE COUNTY ARE TO OPEN IN-COUNTY STORM
SHELTERS AT 5 PM THURSDAY FOR ANYONE FEELING A NEED TO RELOCATE TO A
MORE PROTECTED LOCATION. THOSE SHELTERS INCLUDE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE...SUGARLOAF ELEMENTARY AT MILE MARKER 19 ON
SUGARLOAF KEY...STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY NEAR MILE MARKER 49 IN
MARATHON...AND CAROL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL NEAR MILE MARKER 90 ON
PLANTATION KEY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION THREE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ076>078-222200-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
240 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 41 PERCENT.

$$

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-222200-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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 THU JUL 22 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 42 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS OF
8 TO 12 FEET FRIDAY MORNING MAY BUILD TO 10 TO 16 FEET BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

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