[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...THE EYE OF HURRICANE CHARLEY IS ONSHORE ON LA COSTA ISLAND
BETWEEN BOCA GRANDE AND CAPTIVA...
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HENDRY AND GLADES
COUNTIES...
...STORM SURGE FORECAST INCREASED WITH CHANGE IN CHARLEY'S PATH AND
INTENSITY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PERSONS IN COLLIER, HENDRY, GLADES,
MAINLAND MONROE, PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.2 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST
NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAKING CHARLEY A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE HURRICANE MOVES INLAND.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST FROM
EAST CAPE SABLE TO BONITA BEACH. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR
GLADES AND HENDRY. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN PALM BEACH...WESTERN BROWARD...AND WESTERN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM EAST CAPE
SABLE TO OCEAN REEF. TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST NORTH OF OCEAN REEF INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. TORNADO WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR METRO
PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

THE COLLIER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ISSUED A
MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR FOR ALL LOCATIONS WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 41.
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MARCO ISLAND, COPELAND,
CHOKOLOSKEE, EVERGLADES CITY, GOODLAND, ISLES OF CAPRI, NAPLES, AND
NAPLES PARK. IN ADDITION...MOBILE HOME PARKS OUTSIDE THE MANDATORY
EVACUATION AREA HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO EVACUATE. SEVERAL SHELTERS ARE
OPEN IN COLLIER COUNTY. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE AFFECTING THE
NAPLES AREA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISES COLLIER RESIDENTS IT IS
NOT SAFE TO BE OUTDOORS. THE COLLIER COUNTY INFORMATION LINE FOR
RUMOR CONTROL...DAMAGE REPORTS AND INFORMATION IS 239.774.8444.

OFFICIALS IN HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES HAVE RECOMMENDED VOLUNTARY
EVACUATIONS OF MOBILE HOMES. SEVERAL SHELTERS ARE OPEN.

STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
INLAND FROM THE HURRICANE WARNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT
MAYACA SOUTH TO FLORIDA CITY INCLUDING ALL OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. GUSTS
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THIS LINE IN METRO PALM
BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES INCLUDING WEST PALM
BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE...AND MIAMI.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM TIDE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE RAPIDLY UNTIL 530 PM ALONG THE
GULF OF MEXICO COAST AND ITS TIDAL ESTUARIES.

FOR CHOKOLOSKEE AND EVERGLADES CITY WEST TO MARCO ISLAND...THE
MAXIMUM STORM TIDE...WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL
PLUS STORM SURGE...WILL BE AROUND 530 PM EDT ABOUT 7 FEET ABOVE
MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS MEANS STATE ROADS 29...92...AND 951 AS WELL AS
PART OF U.S. HIGHWAY 41 TAMIAMI TRAIL WILL LIKELY BE UNDERWATER FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CUTTING OFF ACCESS.

IN THE NAPLES AREA...THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE WILL BE AROUND 530 PM
EDT ABOUT 10 TO 11 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS WILL LIKELY
INUNDATE SEVERAL STREETS SOUTH OF NAPLES IN THE PORT ROYAL AREA AND
NEAR NAPLES BAY.

THE WORST STORM TIDE WILL BE NORTH OF NAPLES FROM VANDERBILT BEACH TO
THE LEE COUNTY LINE INCLUDING THE MOUTH OF THE COCOHATCHEE RIVER AND
LELY BAREFOOT BEACH. IN THIS AREA THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE WILL BE
AROUND 530 PM EDT AT ABOUT 11 TO 13 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THIS
WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE BONITA SHORES AREA AS WELL AS
VANDERBILT BEACH AND PELICAN BAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BLOW THE WATER IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE
TOWARD THE NORTH AND WEST SHORES...RESULTING IN WATER LEVELS AS MUCH
AS 4 FEET HIGHER ALONG THESE SHORES. THE LAKE LEVEL THURSDAY MORNING
WAS ABOUT 12.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...SO LAKE ELEVATIONS ALONG
THE NORTH AND WEST SHORE COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 17 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON AS CHARLEY MOVES NORTH. ALTHOUGH THE HOOVER DIKE EXTENDS
ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE...BACKWATER MAY BE PUSHED
WEST INTO THE FISHEATING CREEK BASIN RESULTING IN SOME MINOR FLOODING
ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 4 PM...WIND GUSTS OF 84 MPH WERE BEING REPORTED AT VANDERBILT INN
NORTH OF NAPLES. EVERGLADES CITY REPORTED A MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF 63
MPH AT 2 PM EDT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WERE OCCURRING IN THE
GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WHICH
COULD LAST FOR A WEEK OR MORE.

WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL SPREAD
INLAND ACROSS INLAND COLLIER AND ACROSS HENDRY...GLADES COUNTIES.
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS
WESTERN PALM BEACH AND THE EVERGLADES OF FAR WESTERN BROWARD...AND
MIAMI-DADE DURING THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS IN THE METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH
COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN RAINBANDS THAT WILL PERIODICALLY MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT LAKE OKEECHOBEE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MARINERS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE  COMPLETED
PREPARATIONS AND BE SAFELY SECURED IN PORT.

WINDS IN MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
WILL BE NEAR 30 KNOTS AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL MAKE SWIMMING OR
SURFING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC OCEAN DANGEROUS.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH BURSTS OF TORRENTIAL
RAIN IN SQUALLS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE GULF COAST AND OVER INTERIOR
SOUTH FLORIDA. SPIRAL BANDS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST AS WELL LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA.
THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED
AREAS INCLUDING UNDERPASSES AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. MANY ROADWAYS WILL
BE UNDER WATER AND ACCESS COULD BE CUT OFF TO LOW LYING AREAS ALONG
THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS..
SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE THREAT
OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND A TORNADO WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING HURRICANE
CHARLEY WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM EDT.

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