[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR COASTAL PALM BEACH
COUNTY AS WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.5N...LONGITUDE 77.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 180 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FL. STORM MOTION WAS N OR
360 DEGREES AT 7 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE EXCEPT OVER THE PALM
BEACH COASTAL WATERS.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED AS LARGE WAVES
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT DOCKS AND MARINAS.

AT THE BEACHES...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND RIP CURRENTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COASTS. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE
MAJOR BEACH EROSION ALONG WITH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. SOME
OVERWASH ONTO BEACH ROADS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING NEAR THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE. SEA WATER INUNDATION OF UP
TO A FOOT OVER STREETS AND ROADS WILL OCCUR. SOME MINOR FLOODING
REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF BISCAYNE BAY DUE
TO THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF NORTHERLY WINDS OVER THE BAY.

A FEW SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CONTINUE
TO AFFECT THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT.

OVERALL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA INTO SATURDAY.
ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ALONG THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY COAST ON SATURDAY AS SWELLS FROM SANDY CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE AREA.

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

DANGEROUS AND POUNDING SURF AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT. PERSONS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE
BEACHES.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

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

FLZ168-270130-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
827 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...WINDS...

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR COASTAL PALM
BEACH COUNTY TONIGHT. HOWEVER, SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

AMZ650-670-270830-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
827 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...

MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS.

SEAS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 FOOT RANGE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY BUT REMAIN OVER 12 FEET.

$$





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