[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-140500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1009 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...CHARLEY MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED AS OF 9 PM EDT...

...THE INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED..

...STORM LOCATION AND INTENSITY...
AT 9PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST...OR 15 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ORLANDO. CHARLEY WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED
TO AROUND 90 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN WIND
SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS
ESTIMATED AT 965 MB...OR 28.50 INCHES.

HURRICANE CHARLEY MADE LANDFALL AT 345 PM EDT...AT CAYO COSTA...A
BARRIER ISLAND JUST WEST OF CAPE CORAL. AT 435 PM EDT...A WIND GUST
OF 97 KNOTS OR 111 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT
BEFORE THE INSTRUMENT FAILED. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS FROM THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
OFFICE IN ARCADIA FLORIDA WERE 104 MPH.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE THREAT OF STORM SURGE IS NOW OVER...HOWEVER TIDES MAY RUN A FOOT
OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL WHERE RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. THERE MAY BE
A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS IN THE
LINGERING RAIN BANDS.

...RAINFALL INFORMATION...
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PASSED...MANY RIVERS AND SMALL
STREAMS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR A FEW DAYS.

...DAMAGE INFORMATION...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA.
MANY HAVE PRODUCED SMALL CONCENTRATED DAMAGE AREAS.

HURRICANE WINDS HAVE KNOCKED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
MANY MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS HAVE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. ONE
SHELTER IN DESOTO COUNTY SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...LEAVING A
THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THE STORM. ON CAPTIVA ISLAND...AN
ESTIMATED 160 CONDOMINIUMS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DESTROYED AND ANOTHER
160 HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUTSIDE TO
ASSESS DAMAGES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY
AREA FORECAST OFFICE FOR HURRICANE CHARLEY.

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