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

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA STRAITS...

.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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED 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.

LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF AND END LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE SURROUNDING NEARSHORE WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF DECAYING TROPICAL STORM PAULA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.0N...LONGITUDE 82.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH
OF KEY WEST. PAULA IS WEAKENING AND MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 14 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
PAULA...CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL CUBA...WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GIVEN THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK...AND EXPECTED WEAKENING...THE ONLY POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WOULD BE MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ON THE OUTER WATERS BEYOND 45 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
KEYS EARLY TONIGHT.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED WATCHES...STORM POSITION...WINDS AND SEAS...AND SITUATION
OVERVIEW.

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

&&

FLZ077-078-150300-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KKEY.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
822 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...RAIN WILL END THIS EVENING...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...WINDS AND SEAS...AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

$$

GMZ053-054-073>075-150300-
/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-
822 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...WINDS AND SEAS...AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
BEYOND 45 NM SOUTH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25
KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AS DECAYING TROPICAL STORM
PAULA MOVES EASTWARD AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA.

$$

FLZ076-GMZ031>033-052-072-150300-
/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-
822 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2010

...RAIN WILL END THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM POSITION...WIND AND SEAS...AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

$$

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