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

...WINDS AND SQUALLS WILL INCREASE AS THE CENTER OF SANDY MAKES
ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
SQUALLS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS
MORNING. AT 620 AM EDT...A WEATHER STATION AT THE SAINT LUCIE
NUCLEAR PLANT REPORTED A NORTHEAST WIND AT 37 MPH GUSTING TO 51 MPH
ASSOCIATED WITH A RAIN SQUALL THAT MOVED ONSHORE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST. LUCIE...MARTIN... AND COASTAL
VOLUSIA.

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

TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...INLAND VOLUSIA...NORTHERN LAKE...
ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN LAKE. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AREAS TODAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4N...LONGITUDE 76.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 260 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST
AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWEST AND IS FORECAST TO
EMERGE NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS LATER THIS MORNING...THEN TURN AND
MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA TONIGHT. 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 THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AS THEY BECOME
MORE NORTHERLY. PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS SANDY MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA. WINDS OVER INTERIOR 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 TODAY AND TONIGHT...WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS WILL
EASILY EXCEED 40 MPH...AND MAY BRIEFLY REACH 50 TO 60 MPH OVER
COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR 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 MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT.
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.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

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

DURING THE STORM...ALONG COASTAL AREAS...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 SMALL TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
POWER OUTAGES. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER 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 NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261645-
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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
831 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

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

THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN
AROUND.

&&

...WINDS...
AS SANDY MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THE TIMING FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS
MORNING ALONG THE TREASURE COAST...BY LATE MORNING ACROSS BREVARD
COUNTY AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 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 BRIEFLY REACH 50 TO 60 MPH IN HEAVIER RAIN SQUALLS THAT MOVE
ONSHORE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND
OUTDOOR FURNITURE...SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED INDOORS...AS THEY MAY
BE BLOWN AROUND.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WITH BREAKERS UP TO 8 FEET TODAY THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND
POSSIBLY SOME EROSION OF DUNES DURING THE MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE
CYCLES TODAY 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 BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TODAY THROUGH 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...
SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE
TODAY. COVERAGE OF RAINFALL ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THESE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE TREASURE COAST.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROAD OR POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...CANALS...OR CULVERTS.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-262030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
831 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AND LAST INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. SEAS WILL REACH 25 TO 30 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-261645-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
831 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

...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...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TODAY
WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN FAST MOVING
SQUALLS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM TODAY.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS ACROSS
AREA LAKES TODAY. ADDITIONALLY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE
FALLING SMALL TREE LIMBS...BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AROUND...AND
CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT 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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