[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1142 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS THROUGH
THE EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND ATLANTIC MARINE AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FROM 20 NAUTICAL MILES OUT
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL AS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT TO THE
TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BISCAYNE
BAY OR ANY OF THE ADJACENT LAND AREAS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9N...LONGITUDE 76.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 210 MILES EAST OF FORT
LAUDERDALE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 13 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 115 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE BAHAMAS...IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE ON A NORTH TRACK OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS
PASSING APPROXIMATELY 190 MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE.

THE MAIN CONCERN WITH HURRICANE IRENE IS SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY EXTENDING FROM 20 NAUTICAL MILES OUT TO THE
TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE
OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.

ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE METRO AREAS...GUSTY WINDS UP TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBANDS WEST OF IRENE
SPREADING ASHORE WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. DANGEROUS SURF...RIP
CURRENTS AND MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION...PARTICULARLY ALONG
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY.

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MIAMI AROUND 6 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

AMZ670-261545-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
1142 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE
10 TO 15 FOOT RANGE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INDIVIDUAL WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH UP TO
TWICE THESE HEIGHTS.

$$

AMZ650-651-671-261545-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
1142 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 33 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY MAINLY IN
RAIN SQUALLS. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
AND THEREFORE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE
9 TO 12 FOOT RANGE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INDIVIDUAL WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH UP TO
TWICE THESE HEIGHTS.

$$

AMZ630-FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-261545-
/O.CON.KMFL.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BISCAYNE BAY-METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
1142 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...MAIN IMPACTS ARE GUSTY WINDS IN SQUALLS...DANGEROUS SURF...RIP
CURRENTS...AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION...

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AS IRENE PASSES EAST OF
THE AREA.

HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH AN OCCASIONAL WIND GUST UP TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAINLY
ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBANDS SPREADING ONSHORE. HIGHEST WINDS WILL
REMAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO STORM SURGE IMPACT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MAIN
IMPACTS ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BE MODERATE TO LARGE SURF
STEADILY BUILDING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PEAKING TONIGHT...THEN
SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED
TO REACH UP TO 7 TO 10 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS ALONG THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES AND 4 TO 6 FEET ALONG THE BROWARD AND
MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH
EROSION...EXCEPT LOCALLY SEVERE EROSION POSSIBLE ALONG THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. REFER TO THE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES FOR MORE DETAILS.

$$






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