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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM PAULA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1129 AM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...PAULA DECAYING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF CUBA...

.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 WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS...MONROE LOWER KEYS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM DRY TORTUGAS TO CRAIG KEY AND SOUTH FOR
60 NM.

OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
WILL AFFECT THE UPPER KEYS...THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY...FLORIDA BAY...AND THE GULF WATERS NORTH
OF THE ISLAND CHAIN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF DECAYING TROPICAL STORM PAULA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.8N...LONGITUDE 84.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 220
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FL. PAULA IS WEAKENING AND MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WEAKENING PAULA...CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF CUBA...IS
FORECAST TO TRACK TO THE EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA
THIS AFTERNOON. PAULA WILL CONTINUE TO DECAY FURTHER AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...AND WITH PAULA BEING A
SMALL STORM WHICH WILL BE WEAKENING RAPIDLY DURING THE TIME OF
CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE KEYS...THE ONLY POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
WOULD BE MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ON THE OUTER WATERS
BEYOND 55 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOWER KEYS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED LOCATION OF STORM...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...AND
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF WATERSPOUTS IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
PAULA TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 3 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ077-078-142130-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1129 AM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED LOCATION OF STORM...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...AND
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

$$

GMZ053-054-073>075-142130-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
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-
1129 AM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED LOCATION OF STORM...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...AND
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF WATERSPOUTS IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 KNOTS OR
LESS WILL PREVAIL ON THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS TODAY. WINDS MAY
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE FAR OUTER WATERS WELL SOUTH OF
THE DRY TORTUGAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

FLZ076-GMZ031>033-052-072-142130-
/O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-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-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
1129 AM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED LOCATION OF STORM...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...AND
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

$$

APA




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