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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
501 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE PALM BEACH
ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 20 NM OF THE COAST, DISCONTINUED FOR THE
NEAR SHORE WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS WITHIN
20 NM OF THE PALM BEACH COAST. STORM INFORMATION AND WIND SECTIONS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
WATERS BEYOND 20 NM OF THE COAST

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.2N...LONGITUDE 75.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 360 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FL. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR
35 DEGREES AT 11 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PALM BEACH WATERS
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

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

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

FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR
PORT...AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...AND
SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MIAMI AROUND 8 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ670-280515-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
501 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 30 TO 40 KNOTS BEFORE SUBSIDING
TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS LATER THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 20
FOOT RANGE AND ONLY GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH SUNDAY AS LARGE
SWELLS CONTINUE.

$$

AMZ650-272215-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-
501 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS HAVE LOWERED TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. HOWEVER, MARINE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE HAZARDOUS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
30 KNOTS ALONG WITH SEAS OF 15 TO 20 FEET.

$$

GREGORIA



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