[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...THE RADAR CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 230 MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH...

.NEW INFORMATION...
DUE TO THE SIZE OF HURRICANE IRENE AND THE EXTENT OF THE ASSOCIATED
WIND FIELD...IT IS TOO SOON TO DROP THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OVER
THE MARINE WATERS...EVEN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA...A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 230
MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IRENE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS STEADILY MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE WATERS WELL
OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS IT BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SIZE OF IRENE AND THE EXTENT OF THE
WIND FIELD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OVER THE MARINE WATERS WILL
DIMINISH GRADUALLY...EVEN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET.

THROUGH NOON...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL
MILES...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM
20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND CONDITIONS WILL BECOME LESS FREQUENT SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE ALREADY PEAKED
BUT WILL STILL BE UP TO 15 TO 18 FEET WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF
THE COAST...AND 20 TO 25 FEET BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND AND NEAR THE COAST...RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE
AROUND THE WESTERN FLANKS OF IRENE TO BRING LOCAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

LATER TODAY...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED. SEAS
WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE. AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE
DROPPED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY...AND WIND ADVISORY...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE
DAY.

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

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS ARE DROPPED AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

FOR BEACHGOERS...IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
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-
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY
41009 THIS MORNING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE
WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010 LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL HAS BEEN REPORTING WIND GUSTS OF 55
TO 60 KNOTS.

BUOYS 41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST WERE REPORTING SEAS AROUND 8 TO 10 FEET...WHILE BUOY 41009
WAS REPORTING SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE ALREADY
PEAKED AROUND 30 TO 35 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 18 TO 20
FEET CLOSER TO SHORE.

LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
AS IRENE PULLS AWAY. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE.

$$

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
THIS MORNING...PASSING RAIN SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WIND GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM DAYTONA
BEACH AND FLAGLER BEACH SOUTHWARD TO CAPE CANAVERAL.

AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES NORTH AND AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...THE PREVAILING WIND FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...AND
BECOME WEST OVER THE TREASURE COAST. PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL OCCUR. AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT. AREA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST TODAY...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING
THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM
TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY ARE IN
EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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