[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
249 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...HURRICANE FRANCES SLOWLY APPROACHING FLORIDA'S EAST COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM LEE COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TAMPA
BAY AREA TO LEVY COUNTY...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA...
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR SUMTER... POLK... HIGHLANDS AND
HARDEE COUNTIES...

...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
CITRUS...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...HERNANDO...HILLSBOROUGH...LEE...
LEVY...MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...SARASOTA...HARDEE...
HIGHLANDS...POLK...SUMTER...


...WATCH/WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO THE
SUWANNEE RIVER

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 2 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.0 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE TAMPA BAY REGION. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 135 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
A BAND OF SHOWERS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH...WILL AFFECT
POLK...HARDEE...DESOTO... HIGHLANDS AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.  THE BAND OF SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH
CAUSING LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND AS THEY PASS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
FRANCES WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES SUNDAY PRODUCING NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS THAT WILL WEAKEN AS THE STORM CONTINUES NORTH
AND WEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.

...SURGE INFORMATION...
AS FRANCES MOVES NORTHWESTWARD SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND
BEGIN TO RAISE WATER LEVELS 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

...FLOOD INFORMATION...
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF FRANCES WILL PROLONG HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
STATE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER OF FRANCES AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF
FRANCES. ALTHOUGH OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL BE PASSING ACROSS
THE STATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN AFFECTING
SOUTHERN COUNTIES SATURDAY THEN MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
COUNTIES SUNDAY.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING. IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...
MINOR TO MODERATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...AND SEVERAL MAIN
THOROUGHFARES MAY BE CLOSED. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO SEVERAL FEET. SOME SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS WILL SURPASS BANK FULL. LARGER RIVERS WILL RISE.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
AS FRANCES NEARS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA WINDS AND SEAS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE GULF MAKING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

...TORNADO INFORMATION...
THE PRIMARY AREA FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IN TROPICAL SYSTEMS IS THE
RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF THE STORM. AS FRANCES MOVES NORTHWESTWARD
OVER THE PENINSULA... THAT PART OF THE STORM WILL AFFECT FLORIDA'S
EAST COAST AND THEREFORE THE TORNADO THREAT IS LESSENED FOR WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

...SHELTER AND ROAD STATUS...
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SHELTER AND
ROAD STATUS.


THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM.

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