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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1136 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN
SEA AND IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...INDIAN RIVER...ST. LUCIE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED
AREAS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS
PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6N...LONGITUDE 82.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT
560 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 490
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT PIERCE FL. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
MOTION WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST
TOWARD SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TUESDAY NIGHT AND JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE
TREASURE COAST ON WEDNESDAY. ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
WATERS...THOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH SQUALLS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE ON WEDNESDAY. THE DEPRESSION IS
FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT AND WILL BRING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO PORTIONS OF THE
TREASURE COAST FROM VERO BEACH TO STUART ON WEDNESDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAIN THREAT WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN IS EXPECTED TO
BE LOCALLY HEAVY FLOODING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE TREASURE COAST. BE READY TO ACT IF FLOOD WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

AREAS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING IN
LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH COULD GET BLOWN AROUND. IN ALL
CASES...PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESPONDING ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSONAL OR
BUSINESS EMERGENCY PLAN FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.

FOR THE MARINE WATERS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH WIND AND DANGEROUS SEAS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

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INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
1136 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAVE NOW
BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

AMZ555-572-575-291545-
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COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1136 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

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