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

...PAULA ABSOLUTELY NO THREAT FOR THE ISLAND CHAIN...

.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.

MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING IN 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 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF DECAYING TROPICAL STORM PAULA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.8N...LONGITUDE 83.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 140 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FL. PAULA IS WEAKENING AND MOVING TO THE
EAST NEAR 10 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DETERIORATING PAULA...CURRENTLY OVER WEST CENTRAL CUBA...WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE EAST AND DECAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION OF CUBA
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...AND WITH
PAULA BEING A SMALL STORM WHICH WILL BE COLLAPSING 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 50 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
KEYS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...WINDS
AND SEAS AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
PAULA TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 9 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ077-078-150630-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
516 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...WINDS
AND SEAS AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

$$

GMZ053-054-073>075-150630-
/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-
516 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...WINDS
AND SEAS AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR ANY SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
BEYOND 40 NM SOUTH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS...NORTH WINDS OF 20
TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHERS GUSTS IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE THIS EVENING AS DECAYING TROPICAL
STORM PAULA MOVES EASTWARD AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA.


$$

FLZ076-GMZ031>033-052-072-150630-
/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-
516 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...RAIN WILL END THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARENESS ACTIONS...WINDS
AND SEAS AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

$$


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