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

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE
BAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED TROPICAL STORM WIND SPEED PROBABILITIES AND WINDS

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL A
CONCERN.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.3N...LONGITUDE 77.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 870 MILES SOUTH
OF WEST PALM BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 830 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
FORT LAUDERDALE FL...OR ABOUT 810 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI
FL. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

TROPICAL STORM SANDY IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE BAHAMAS THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS, TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS OFF THE
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COAST AS EARLY AS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE SPREADING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE REST OF THE ATLANTIC WATERS
AND BISCAYNE BAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EVEN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY, BUT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOT
YET BEEN ISSUED BUT MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE MAIN CONCERN WITH SANDY IS HIGH WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE
WATERS OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS,
BEACH EROSION, AND EVEN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST. ALSO, RAINBANDS COULD AFFECT SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

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

REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

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 MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ630-650-651-670-671-240630-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.A.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BISCAYNE BAY-
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 JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
618 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

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

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 26 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD
START AS EARLY AS EARLY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OFF THE MIAMI-DADE
COAST AND BY THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF THE WATERS.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM SANDY MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO OVER 12 FEET
THURSDAY EVENING, THEN INTO THE 15 TO 20 FOOT RANGE ON FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT THEN ONLY SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER THE WEEKEND BUT
REMAINING HAZARDOUS.

$$

AMZ610-FLZ067-068-071>074-168-172>174-240630-
/O.CON.KMFL.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-
METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
618 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE
AREA LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY...

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY
NOT IN EFFECT. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS TO REMAIN
CLOSE TO BUT BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. AT THIS TIME...REMAIN
CALM AND STAY INFORMED. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY STILL BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT OR
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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