[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WTUS82 KTBW 221855
HLSTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
255 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
BETWEEN BONITA BEACH AND ENGLEWOOD...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.9 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 530
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL. STORM MOTION WAS WEST
NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
AROUND 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 DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NM BETWEEN BONITA BEACH AND
ENGLEWOOD DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THE MARINE WATERS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGH WIND AND DANGEROUS SEAS. TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE COMPRISED
OF HURRICANES...TROPICAL STORMS... AND TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS.
HURRICANES HAVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR HIGHER...WHICH EQUATES TO 64
KNOTS OR HIGHER. TROPICAL STORMS HAVE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...
WHICH EQUATES TO 34 TO 63 KNOTS. TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS HAVE WINDS
OF LESS THAN 39 MPH OR 33 KNOTS.

HEAVY RAIN...TORNADOES...AND WATERSPOUTS ACCOMPANY TROPICAL
CYCLONES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
THE TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN BY 6 PM.

GMZ876-222300-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TR.W.0001.100722T1855Z-000000T0000Z/
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
255 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING.

$$

PRC/AR



This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net