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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
625 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.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 WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MONROE UPPER KEYS...MONROE MIDDLE KEYS AND MONROE LOWER KEYS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5N...LONGITUDE 82.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT
215 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST FL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS WERE NEAR 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN LOCATED ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH OF KEY WEST FLORIDA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL CUBA AND PERHAPS BECOME A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM LATE
TONIGHT. THIS BROAD AND WEAK TROPICAL SYSTEM MAY MOVE NORTH
NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH THE BULK OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE
EAST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN.
UPDATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
UPDATE TROPICAL STORM PROBABILITIES.
UPDATE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.
UPDATE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION.

.WINDS...
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EAST WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT...AND NEAR 20 MPH
WITH POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS NEAR THE STRONGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FOR
TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

.TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRAY TORNADO WITHIN A RAIN BAND LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE
WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF CUBA TONIGHT AND INTO THE OUTER STRAITS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WILL THEN MOVE NORTH
NORTHEAST AND MAY CROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BEFORE MIGRATING INTO SOUTHEAST DADE COUNTY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. SUBSEQUENTLY...SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS
SHOULD INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY INCREASE
TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
WITHIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.
FURTHERMORE...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET EXCEPT HIGHER IN THE
GULF STREAM ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON
WEDNESDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NO EVACUATION ORDERS ARE PLANNED FOR KEYS RESIDENTS OR VISITORS.
NO SHELTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN.
ANY LOOSE AND OR LIGHT OBJECTS INCLUDING GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INSIDE. OTHERWISE...DUE TO
THE WEAK AND DISORGANIZED STRUCTURE OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM...ALL
PEOPLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM.

&&

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

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-292000-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
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-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
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-
625 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN.
UPDATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
UPDATE TROPICAL STORM PROBABILITIES.
UPDATE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.
UPDATE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NO EVACUATION ORDERS ARE PLANNED FOR KEYS RESIDENTS OR VISITORS.
NO SHELTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN.
ANY LOOSE AND OR LIGHT OBJECTS INCLUDING GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INSIDE. OTHERWISE...DUE TO
THE WEAK AND DISORGANIZED STRUCTURE OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM...ALL
PEOPLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THERE IS A 23 PERCENT CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AT
MARATHON...WITH ONLY A 11 PERCENT CHANCE IN KEY WEST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE
WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF CUBA TONIGHT AND INTO THE OUTER STRAITS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WILL THEN MOVE NORTH
NORTHEAST AND MAY CROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BEFORE MIGRATING INTO SOUTHEAST DADE COUNTY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. SUBSEQUENTLY...SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS
SHOULD INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY INCREASE
TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
WITHIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.
FURTHERMORE...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET EXCEPT HIGHER IN THE
GULF STREAM ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON
WEDNESDAY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRAY TORNADO WITHIN A RAIN BAND LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

$$

FLZ076>078-292000-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
625 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN.
UPDATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
UPDATE TROPICAL STORM PROBABILITIES.
UPDATE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.
UPDATE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NO EVACUATION ORDERS ARE PLANNED FOR KEYS RESIDENTS OR VISITORS.
NO SHELTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN.
ANY LOOSE AND OR LIGHT OBJECTS INCLUDING GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INSIDE. OTHERWISE...DUE TO
THE WEAK AND DISORGANIZED STRUCTURE OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM...ALL
PEOPLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THERE IS A 23 PERCENT CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AT
MARATHON...WITH ONLY A 11 PERCENT CHANCE IN KEY WEST.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FOR
TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

...WINDS...
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EAST WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT...AND NEAR 20 MPH
WITH POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS NEAR THE STRONGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRAY TORNADO WITHIN A RAIN BAND LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

$$

APA



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