[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KTBW 230000
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
800 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT
450 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL. STORM MOTION WAS
NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 40 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLORIDA
STRAITS ON FRIDAY AND OUT INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY
NIGHT. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE BETWEEN BONITA BEACH AND
ENGLEWOOD DURING FRIDAY NIGHT.

.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.

GMZ876-240000-
/O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
800 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 STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN 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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