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

...SANDY BRINGS STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS AND POUNDING SURF...

.NEW INFORMATION...
SQUALLS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS
THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR.
AT 1235 PM...MELBOURNE AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH 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...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...
OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AREAS TODAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.1N...LONGITUDE 77.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE 75 MPH.

.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 170
TO 200 MILES OFFSHORE THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AT ITS POINT
OF CLOSEST APPROACH LATER THIS EVENING.

OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND
35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST. WINDS OVER
INTERIOR AREAS WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN
SQUALLS TODAY. 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 AROUND 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...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE IN THE EARLY EVENING...AND ALSO DURING THE HIGH TIDE SATURDAY
MORNING.

.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 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-262230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
247 PM 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 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 TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND
POSSIBLY SOME EROSION OF DUNES DURING THE MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE
CYCLES TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING WILL
OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM WHEN DUNE EROSION IS MOST LIKELY THIS
EVENING.

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.
THIS INCLUDES THE UNDERMINING OF WEAKENED DUNES IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS...INCLUDING BATHTUB REEF BEACH IN MARTIN COUNTY.

THE SURF WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 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. LOW PIERS MAY ALSO BE HAZARDOUS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE THIS EVENING WITH SPRAY AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH. THOSE
VENTURING NEAR THE COAST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-262230-
/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-
247 PM 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.

$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-262230-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
247 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT...

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

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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