[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
213 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA
WEST COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE...TAYLOR...
LAFAYETTE...JEFFERSON...AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM ...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND INCLUDING DIXIE...MADISON...
TAYLOR...AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. THIS MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH POSSIBLE HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS MAY APPROACH COASTAL AREAS OF DIXIE COUNTY THIS EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.4 WEST OR ABOUT  60 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FT. MYERS FLORIDA. CHARLEY WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED.. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 145 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DIXIE COUNTY IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HURRICANE WARNING. IF
CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...EAST WINDS...BELOW
HURRICANE FORCE WOULD EFFECT DIXIE COUNTY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT
HAZARDS. HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN DIXIE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR CHARLEY THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD THE TRACK
CHANGE.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR DIXIE...TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE...AND
MADISON COUNTIES...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM CHARLEY IN COMBINATION WITH THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AS CHARLEY HEADS NORTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN GULF COAST OF FLORIDA...TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS MAY APPROACH OUR EASTERN COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...BEFORE
REACHING THE DIXIE COUNTY COASTLINE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AT THIS TIME...WINDS
OVER THE INTERIOR ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH...BUT COULD REACH
SPEEDS OF 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY TO THE ALONG THE COAST.


...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
IF CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE CENTRAL FLORIDA WEST COAST
TONIGHT AS EXPECTED...THE WINDS ACROSS APALACHEE BAY WILL BE OUT OF
THE NORTH. THIS WILL TEND TO PREVENT A STORM SURGE FROM DEVELOPING
ALONG THE COAST...ALTHOUGH TIDES OF 1 TO 3 ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER...RESIDENTS SHOULD STILL MONITOR FUTURE ADVISORIES IN CASE
THE FORECAST TRACK CHANGES.

THE LOCAL TIDES FOR TODAY ARE AS FOLLOWS.

STEINHATCHEE...
HIGH TIDES AT 828 PM FRIDAY AND 8 AM SATURDAY.

MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
HIGH TIDES AT 817 PM FRIDAY AND 749 AM SATURDAY.

COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WERE AROUND 3 FEET THIS
MORNING AND AN INCREASE TO NEAR 5 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE IS EXPECTED.
THESE WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE SATURDAY
MORNING.

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 5PM EDT.

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GOREE/BOLINSKI

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