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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
809 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

.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 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7N...LONGITUDE 79.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 75 MILES EAST OF
MARATHON FL...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN REEF FLORIDA. THE
STORM MOTION WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 19 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN
REEF AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND NOON AND
ACROSS FLORIDA BAY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND GLANCE THE OUTER WATERS
OF MAINLAND MONROE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SURROUNDING
WATERS THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS THIS MORNING...IN THE
EXTREME EASTERNMOST MIDDLE KEYS AND THE UPPER KEYS BY LATE THIS
MORNING...AND INTO FLORIDA BAY AND THE GULF WATERS DURING THE MID
AND LATE AFTERNOON.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS TO INSERT SHELTER CLOSURE TIMES.

.WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY MOVE INTO THE UPPER KEYS BY LATE THIS
MORNING...AND THEN POSSIBLY AFFECT A SMALL PORTION OF THE EASTERNMOST
MIDDLE KEYS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 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.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS.

.TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON.

.MARINE IMPACTS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS MAY IMPACT THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS THIS
MORNING AND THEN PROGRESS WESTWARD INTO FLORIDA BAY...AND THEN INTO
THE OUTER WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE LATE THIS 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. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT...MAINLY IN THE UPPER KEYS. SNAKE
CREEK BRIDGE IS LOCKED DOWN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
BE WELL SECURED. THE TWO SHELTERS...KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT 2100
FLAGLER AVENUE AND STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY NEAR MILE MARKER 49 IN
MARATHON...WILL CLOSE AT NOON. ALL KEYS STATE PARKS AND DRY TORTUGAS
NATIONAL PARK WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PORT OF KEY
WEST IS CLOSED TODAY. 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 NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.

FLZ076>078-231630-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
809 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

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

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 54 PERCENT IN THE UPPER
KEY...DOWN TO 36 PERCENT IN MARATHON AND DOWN TO 20 PERCENT IN KEY
WEST SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

$$

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-231630-
/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-
809 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 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 ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS THIS
MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD INTO FLORIDA BAY AND THE GULF WATERS EARLY
TO LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS MAY BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON ON
THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS.

$$





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