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TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
925 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT 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 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 N...LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. THIS WAS ABOUT 385 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KEY
WEST FLORIDA. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND THE
WATERS NORTH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
SURROUNDING WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN STRAITS LATE
FRIDAY MORNING...IN THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND NOON AND THEN IN THE
LOWER KEYS AND MIDDLE KEYS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.
UPDATE TO LOWER STORM SURGE.

.WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY OVERSPREAD THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND
NOON FRIDAY...AND THEN OVERSPREAD THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS DURING
THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR
ITEMS...INCLUDING UMBRELLAS...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...
NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED. HIGH TIDES ON FRIDAY ALONG
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM FRIDAY
MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM FRIDAY EVENING.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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

.MARINE IMPACTS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS MAY IMPACT THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS LATE
FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN PROGRESS WESTWARD ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF
KEYS WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE OR 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 FRIDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
BE WELL SECURED. MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN IN-COUNTY SHELTERING FOR ANYONE FEELING A NEED
TO RELOCATE TO A MORE PROTECTED LOCATION. TWO SHELTERS ARE
OPEN...INCLUDING KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE AND
STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY NEAR MILE MARKER 49 IN MARATHON. FOR UPPER
KEYS RESIDENTS...BUS TRANSPORTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM CORAL
SHORES HIGH SCHOOL NEAR MILE MARKER 90 ON PLANTATION KEY AT 1000 PM
TO TAKE PEOPLE TO SWITLIK. ALL KEYS STATE PARKS AND DRY TORTUGAS
NATIONAL PARK WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PORT OF KEY
WEST IS CLOSED FRIDAY. KEY WEST AND MARATHON AIRPORTS ARE TO REMAIN
OPEN...UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS DICTATE UNSAFE FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
BONNIE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ076>078-230730-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
925 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION FOR 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 55 PERCENT.

$$

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-230700-
/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-
925 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER
KEYS BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD INTO FLORIDA BAY AND THE GULF
WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS MAY BUILD TO 6 TO 10 FEET FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVEN HIGHER TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.


$$
APA








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