[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-041600-

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

...HURRICANE FRANCES SLOWLY APPROACHING FLORIDA'S EAST COAST...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH
TO ENGLEWOOD AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTHWARD
THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY AREA TO THE SUWANEE RIVER...
...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 WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO
ENGLEWOOD AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD
NORTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 78.4 WEST OR ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE TAMPA
BAY REGION. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 110 MILES EAST OF WEST PALM
BEACH FLORIDA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH AND
A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW FLASHES OF LIGHTNING IS MOVING ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... HARDEE...DESOTO... HIGHLANDS
CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40
MPH. THIS BAND IS MORE PROMINENT THAN PREVIOUS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.

...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 NOON.

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