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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
532 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.

.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...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COASTAL PALM BEACH...COASTAL BROWARD AND COASTAL MIAMI DADE.

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...INLAND PALM BEACH...METRO PALM
BEACH...INLAND BROWARD...METRO BROWARD...INLAND MIAMI DADE...
METRO MIAMI DADE AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE...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 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.3N...LONGITUDE 77.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 680 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI FL...OR ABOUT 740 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
OF NAPLES FL. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 10 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 70 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
BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
FRIDAY.

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

.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.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR
LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. YOU CAN ALSO
GO TO READY.GOV, READYSOUTHFLORIDA.ORG, FLORIDADISASTER.ORG,THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS AT REDCROSS.ORG OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT WEB SITE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MIAMI SHORTLY.

AMZ630-650-651-670-671-241745-
/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-
532 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 27 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY 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.

$$

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/O.EXA.KMFL.TR.A.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
532 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

$$

AMZ610-FLZ067-068-071>074-174-241745-
/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-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
532 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...INCREASING WINDS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

...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.

$$

MOLLEDA




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