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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
536 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND
THE REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER KEYS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ONLY FOR FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS BEYOND THE REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE
UPPER KEYS.

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.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
THE TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.3N...LONGITUDE 77.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 760 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FL...OR ABOUT 780 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN REEF FL. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

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

CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO LAND AREAS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH.
HOWEVER...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS POSSIBLE FOR THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER KEYS LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

FOR THOSE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS...NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR
TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER PLAN AND BECOME READY TO ACT IF A WATCH OR
A WARNING IS LATER ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION
FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN
TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. NOW IS THE
TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN
FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE INTERESTS
ALONG THE UPPER AND MIDDLE KEYS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR
CHANGES TO THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM
LOCAL OFFICIALS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
SANDY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT
DETAILS REGARDING TROPICAL STORM SANDY AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT
ON THE FLORIDA KEYS.

GMZ052-072-232315-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TR.A.1018.121023T2136Z-000000T0000Z/
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
536 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS
BEYOND THE REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER KEYS. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT CONCERNING SPECIFIC MARINE CONDITIONS WILL BE ISSUED SOON.

$$

FLZ076>078-GMZ031-032-042>044-232315-
/O.NEW.KKEY.HU.S.1018.121023T2136Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS-
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO
5 FATHOMS-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT
TO THE REEF-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF-
536 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ONLY FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND THE
REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER KEYS...
AT THIS TIME NO LAND AREAS ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS ISLAND CHAIN ARE
UNDER THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE WATERS BEYOND THE REEF OFF THE UPPER
KEYS.

$$

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