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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
842 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...
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW UPDATED.

.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 CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.8N...LONGITUDE 77.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 730 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FL...OR ABOUT 750 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN REEF FL. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 8 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND
ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTHEAST OF THE REEF FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY.
AT THIS TIME...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS FLORIDA KEYS ISLAND CHAIN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. ALTHOUGH THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ONLY INCLUDES THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND THE
REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER KEYS...MARINERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING WATERS
SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS...INCLUDING THE GULF WATERS BEYOND 5
FATHOMS. POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM
SANDY...OR AN INCREASE IN ITS WIND ENVELOPE...COULD ENLARGE THE WATCH
AREA.

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 CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
SANDY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 11 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

GMZ052-072-240645-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1018.000000T0000Z-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-
842 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
NEW POSITION INFORMATION FOR TROPICAL STORM SANDY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE ATLANTIC
WATERS BEYOND THE REEF OFF OF THE UPPER KEYS BY THURSDAY EVENING AND
LASTING UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF
SMALL CRAFT NEED TO DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR
CRAFT.

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE DETERMINING THE
BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS
BEYOND THE REEF SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER KEYS BY THURSDAY EVENING AND
LASTING UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO AFFECTED
MARINE ZONES SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR SO.

...TORNADOES...
AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES IS VERY LOW FOR THESE WATERS
AT SANDY MOVES NORTHWARD EAST OF THE AREA.

$$

FLZ076>078-GMZ031-032-042>044-240645-
/O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-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-
842 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
POSITION INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED

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

TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS
PLAN. AT THIS TIME...THE MAJOR CONCERN IS FOR THE MARINE INTERESTS
OFF OF THE UPPER KEYS. HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE IN INTENSITY OR DEVIATION
TO THE FORECAST WIND FIELD COULD PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WATCH
AREA. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST ISSUANCE FROM THIS OFFICE AND THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONCERNING THE LOCAL AFFECTS FROM TROPICAL
STORM SANDY.

&&

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
ANY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM SANDY ARE EXPECTED
TO BE BRIEF. ANY FLOODING IMPACTS DUE TO RAINFALL IN THE FLORIDA
KEYS IS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME.

...TORNADOES...
AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES IS VERY LOW AS SANDY MOVES
NORTHWARD EAST OF THE AREA.

$$

BWC




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