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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1147 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS MAINLY IN SQUALLS AND ALONG
COAST INTO THIS EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WIND GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT MELBOURNE...VERO
BEACH AND PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE IN RAIN SQUALLS THIS MORNING.

.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...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...
OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR
AREAS TODAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.7N...LONGITUDE 76.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 250 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 220 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT
6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 80 MPH. SANDY IS A CATEGORY
ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME
WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AWAY
FROM GREAT ABACO ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT
WELL OFFSHORE FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER KEEPS THE CENTER OF SANDY ABOUT 180
TO 200 MILES OFFSHORE THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AT ITS POINT
OF CLOSEST APPROACH THIS EVENING.

OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THEY BECOME MORE
NORTHERLY. PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...MAINLY ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND BEACHES. 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 THIS MORNING. SQUALLS CONTINUING TO MOVE ONSHORE THE
IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND MAY BRIEFLY REACH 50 TO 55 MPH IN THE STRONGER
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BEACHES.

SQUALLS INTO THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A FEW COASTAL LOCATIONS. THIS
MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS NEAR
THE COAST WHERE REPEATED SHOWERS MOVE ONSHORE.

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 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

DO NOT VENTURE INTO THE POUNDING SURF.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261900-
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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1147 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 RAIN IN SQUALLS CAN CAUSE
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

&&

...WINDS...
AS SANDY MOVES NORTHWARD WELL OFFSHORE FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND ALONG COASTAL AREAS
TONIGHT. WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND STRONGER WINDS TO 50 TO 55 MPH MAY OCCUR
BRIEFLY IN RAIN SQUALLS THAT MOVE ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON 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 THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH 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 2 FOOT RANGE COULD RESULT IN
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN A FEW VULNERABLE SPOTS ALONG THE COAST.

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.


$$

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/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-
1147 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS
THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 25 FEET WELL OFFSHORE.

$$

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/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
1147 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN FAST MOVING SQUALLS. A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM TODAY.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS ACROSS
AREA LAKES TODAY.

BREEZY TO 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

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