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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
917 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CHARLOTTE...LEE AND
DESOTO COUNTIES AS WELL AS GULF WATERS SOUTH OF TARPON SPRINGS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE
GULF OF MEXICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DE SOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES AS WELL FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL
MILES.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7N...LONGITUDE 79.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 180 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL...OR ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SARASOTA FL. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 19 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA LATER TODAY...AND MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
EXPECTED BEFORE BONNIE MOVES OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...SO WINDS
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY BRIEF WIND
GUSTS...POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN HEAVY
RAIN BANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS AND THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY
OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

REGARDING 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.

&&

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

FLZ061-062-065-241330-
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DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
917 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
SLIGHT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO PROBABILITIES OF TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IN THE WARNED AREA. OTHERWISE...NO NEW INFORMATION IS
INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...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 42 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL. COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BE NEGLIGIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE LESS THAN 2 INCHES.
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER A FEW LOCATIONS
CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

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ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
917 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
SLIGHT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO PROBABILITIES OF TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IN THE WARNED AREA. OTHERWISE...NO NEW INFORMATION IS
INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. THE
CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 52
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS. SEAS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...INTO THE 5
TO 8 FOOT RANGE BY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL
WATERS. OVERNIGHT...SEAS BUILD INTO THE 8 TO 12 FOOT RANGE
OFFSHORE BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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