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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
240 PM 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 THE FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DE SOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE.

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

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.8N...LONGITUDE 81.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL...OR ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SARASOTA FL. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 18 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...AND OUT INTO THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS EXPECTED AS BONNIE MOVES ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE WHEN THE CYCLONE
MOVES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY
LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY. HAVE A WELL CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES. CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND
SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FLZ061-062-065-240000-
/O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

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


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...WINDS...
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...
DUE TO OFFSHORE WINDS AS BONNIE PASSES TO OUR SOUTH...THE IMPACT
FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE
MINIMAL. COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE NEGLIGIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 1.5 TO 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.

$$

GMZ853-856-873-876-240000-
/O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD ALREADY BE IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. CAPTAINS
OF SMALL CRAFT AND THEIR CREWS SHOULD ALREADY BE SAFELY WITHIN
LAND BASED SHELTERS.

&&

...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
4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE BY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL
WATERS. OVERNIGHT...SEAS WILL BUILD INTO THE 6 TO 8 FOOT RANGE
OFFSHORE BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

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

$$

PRC

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