[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...CHARLEY MOVES INLAND AND TROPICAL STORM WATCHES DISCONTINUED FOR
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF NAPLES OR 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA BELLE OR 60
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140
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. INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH...WESTERN BROWARD...AND WESTERN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. 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.

SEVERAL SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN COLLIER COUNTY. HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS ARE AFFECTING THE NAPLES AREA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISES
COLLIER RESIDENTS NOT 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 IS NEAR ITS MAXIMUM ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST AND
ITS TIDAL ESTUARIES AND THE STORM TIDE WILL SLOWLY RECEDE.

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...WAS ESTIMATED 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 THIS
EVENING...CUTTING OFF ACCESS.

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

THE WORST STORM TIDE WAS 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 WAS
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 EVENING
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...A WIND GUST OF 84 MPH WAS REPORTED AT VANDERBILT INN NORTH
OF NAPLES. AT 2 PM...EVERGLADES CITY REPORTED A MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF
63 MPH. COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT POWER
POLES BLOWN DOWN IN NORTH NAPLES AND A RADIO TOWER BLOWN DOWN IN
IMMOKALEE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WERE OCCURRING IN THE GULF COASTAL
WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AT 430 PM...WIND GUSTS AT IMMOKALEE AND MOORE HAVEN REACHED 47 MPH
AND SOME GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE IN INLAND
COLLIER AND IN GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
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 SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN RAINBANDS THAT WILL PERIODICALLY MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE
TONIGHT. AT 4 PM...A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT WIND GAUGE ON
LAKE OKEECHOBEE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH.

WINDS IN THE MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY WILL BE NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS 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...
AT VANDERBILT BEACH THROUGH 3 PM...7.48 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
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 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. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS..
SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON
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 8 PM EDT.

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