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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1204 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...WINDS AND SQUALLS WILL INCREASE AS THE CENTER OF SANDY MAKES
ITS CLOSEST APPROACH ON FRIDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE CENTER OF SANDY HAS REACHED THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. WINDS...RAIN
AND SQUALLS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE ADJACENT
ATLANTIC.

.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...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SOUTHERN BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST. LUCIE...MARTIN...COASTAL
VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR INLAND VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...AND
OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...IMPACTS FROM SANDY ARE STILL A CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.3N...LONGITUDE 76.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 350 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 300 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF FORT PIERCE FL. SANDY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT
13 MPH. A TEMPORARY TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST
AWAY FROM FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE 90 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND EMERGE NORTH OF
THE BAHAMAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN TURN AND MOVE NORTHWARD
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BY FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
KEEPS THE CENTER OF SANDY ABOUT 170 TO 200 MILES OFFSHORE THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AT ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH.

OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS THEY BECOME
MORE NORTHERLY. PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AS SANDY MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA. WINDS OVER INLAND AREAS WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN
SQUALLS THUS FAR OVER THE SPACE AND TREASURE COAST. AS SANDY'S
SPEED OF FORWARD MOTION SLOWS DOWN AND THE WORST OF THE WEATHER
IMPACTS THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS
WILL EASILY EXCEED 40 MPH...AND MAY REACH 50 TO 60 MPH OVER
COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT THE BEACHES.

BECAUSE THESE RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE
REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS
TOTALING ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

LARGE AND BATTERING SURF WILL MAKE THE OCEAN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
AND ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. MODERATE BEACH AND SOME
DUNE EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING
INTO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS SANDY APPROACHES. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED...SINCE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FURTHER OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH
WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS AS LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS CAN EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE SUDDENLY...CAUSING YOU SERIOUS
INJURY IF YOU ARE STRUCK.

HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY. DOWNING OF SOME TREES AND
POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES.
CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 600 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1204 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE ONSET OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER SHOULD HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

&&

...WINDS...
AS SANDY MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HE TIMING FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE TREASURE COAST...BY LATE MORNING
ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE VOLUSIA
COUNTY COAST. MAXIMUM WINDS DURING THAT TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE
IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS
COULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE MORE INTENSE SQUALLS WHICH WILL
INCREASE IN BOTH STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT.

LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MOVED INDOORS...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WITH BREAKERS UP TO 8 FEET TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION
AND POSSIBLY SOME EROSION OF DUNES DURING THE MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE
CYCLES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

A MAXIMUM STORM SURGE IN THE 1 TO 3 FOOT RANGE COULD RESULT
IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN A FEW VULNERABLE SPOTS SUCH AS
BATHTUB REEF BEACH IN MARTIN COUNTY.

THE SURF WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE POUNDING SURF.
THE LARGE SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
SEAWARD PULL OF RIP CURRENTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN AND OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF
OVERNIGHT AS SANDY MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. COVERAGE OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO A MORE STEADIER RAINFALL ON
FRIDAY....WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.

RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN
1 AND 3 INCHES OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE HIGHER
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE TREASURE COAST COUNTIES OF MARTIN
SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER...WHERE THE WATER TABLE IS STILL
LIKELY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL DUE TO RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC IN LATE AUGUST.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROAD OR POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...CANALS...OR CULVERTS. DO NOT DRIVE
ONTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY NOT ALLOW YOU
TO CROSS SAFELY.


$$

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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-
1204 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE SANDY MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO
45 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS....ESPECIALLY IN
FREQUENT SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 25 TO 30 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

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INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
1204 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...GUSTY SQUALLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

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

LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LIGHT LAWN FURNITURE
SHOULD BE STOWED OUT OF THE WIND. THESE OBJECTS CAN BECOME
AIRBORNE AND BE BLOWN AROUND DURING GUSTY WINDS.

&&

...WINDS...
WHILE SUSTAINED WINDS OVER INLAND AREAS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE
10 TO 15 MPH RANGE...A FEW SHOWERS SQUALLS MOVING ONSHORE FROM
THE ATLANTIC MAY REACH INLAND AREAS AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 35 MPH.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY
WITH HIGHER GUSTS GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN FAST
MOVING SQUALLS. EITHER A WIND ADVISORY OR LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL
BE NEEDED DURING THE DAY.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS
SANDY PARALLELS THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AND BEGINS TO MOVE
NORTHEAST FARTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

$$


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