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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
520 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...SANDY WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT PULLS AWAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM SANDY HAS TURNED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND HAS
BEGUN TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA AND BREVARD
COUNTIES.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW
IN EFFECT FOR THESE THREE COUNTIES.

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

A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR INLAND VOLUSIA...LAKE...
SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT
LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.6N...LONGITUDE 76.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 260 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH...OR ABOUT 220 MILES EAST OF CAPE
CANAVERAL. SANDY WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 10 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 70 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
AS TROPICAL STORM SANDY CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA
COAST TODAY...ITS IMPACTS ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH...BUT WILL STILL BE FELT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH SEAS
AND POUNDING SURF WILL STILL POSE A HAZARD.

LARGE AND BATTERING SURF WILL MAKE THE OCEAN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
AND ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. BEACH AND DUNE EROSION IS
EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 645 AM AND
715 AM THIS MORNING.

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

PERSONS CONSIDERING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE REMINDED THAT STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR AREAWIDE TODAY...ESPECIALLY AT THE BEACHES.
DO NOT VENTURE INTO THE OCEAN TODAY AS BATTERING SURF AND NUMEROUS
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR.

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

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 800 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FLZ047-141-147-271300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
520 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...WINDS...
OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES EARLY THIS
MORNING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 35
MPH...OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE
SLIGHTLY OVER COASTAL VOLUSIA AND BREVARD LATER THIS MORNING...
BUT WILL STILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WITH BREAKERS OF UP TO 10 TO 12 FEET
THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY SOME
EROSION OF DUNES DURING NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE BETWEEN 645 AM AND
715 AM.

THE SURF REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! 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. THOSE PERSONS
VENTURING NEAR THE COAST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO THE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH HAZARDOUS SURF.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-271300-
/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-
520 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

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

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 KNOTS...ALONG WITH
SEAS OF 23 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS
MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO SUBSIDE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

$$

FLZ054-059-064-271300-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMLB.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
520 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A WIND
ADVISORY AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THERE WILL BE A
GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS BY LATE AFTERNOON.


...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WITH BREAKERS OF AROUND 10 FEET THIS
MORNING WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY SOME
EROSION OF DUNES DURING NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE BETWEEN 645 AM AND
715 AM.

THE SURF REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! 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. THOSE PERSONS
VENTURING NEAR THE COAST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO THE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH HAZARDOUS SURF.


$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-271300-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
520 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THERE WILL BE A
GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS BY LATE AFTERNOON.

$$


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