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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NICOLE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
221 PM EDT WED SEP 29 2010

...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED ACROSS THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
MAINLAND EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AS WELL AS MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS AND HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICOLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.5N...LONGITUDE 80.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTH OF FORT PIERCE FL. NICOLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. A MOTION BETWEEN NORTH-NORTHEAST AND
NORTHEAST ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF NICOLE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS
TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE NICOLE IS
ABSORBED BY AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB
OR 29.41 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NICOLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AND PASS
OFFSHORE FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT AND THEN BE ABSORBED BY
AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...AND ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS...THOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE WITH PASSING SQUALLS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE
COAST INTO LATE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SQUALLS BUT THREAT FOR
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DECREASED. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

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

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS MAY WISH TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.

AMZ575-291930-
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WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
221 PM EDT WED SEP 29 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT.

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

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS MAY WISH TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUSTAINED WINDS
ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND SEAS WILL STILL BUILD TO 8
TO 10 FEET...AS TROPICAL STORM NICOLE MOVES NORTHEAST AND BECOMES
EXTRATROPICAL LATER TONIGHT.

$$

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