[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
600 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 THE FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.7N...LONGITUDE 75.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 490 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST OR 310
DEGREES AT 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 35 MPH WITH
SOME 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
FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE BETWEEN BONITA BEACH AND ENGLEWOOD
DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS 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.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 12 AM EDT FRIDAY...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GMZ876-230500-
/O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
600 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
WELL SECURED.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN DURING FRIDAY
EVENING.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY EVENING WITH
SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

$$

PRC




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