[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...HURRICANE FRANCES DRIFTING WEST...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH
TO ANNA MARIA ISLAND...
...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND TO THE
SUWANNEE 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
ANNA MARIA ISLAND.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ANNA
MARIA ISLAND NORTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE TAMPA
BAY REGION. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH
FLORIDA.  FRANCES HAS BEEN DRIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 5 MPH.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
OUTER BAND FROM HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY WEST AND
SOUTHWESTWARD. ONE BAND HAS MOVED OFF THE COAST INTO THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO...WHILE ANOTHER HAS FORMED ALONG PEACE RIVER AND WILL MOVE
WESTWARD AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGEST SHOWERS...WITH MORE GENERAL WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40
MPH. ADDITIONAL BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WESTWARD
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

...WIND INFORMATION...
FRANCES WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES SUNDAY PRODUCING NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS THAT WILL WEAKEN AS THE STORM CONTINUES WEST
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OF 35 TO 50 MPH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS...CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.  THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF FRANCES AS IT TRACKS ACROSS
THE REGION.

...SURGE INFORMATION...
AS FRANCES MOVES WEST NORTHWESTWARD SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME
ONSHORE AND
BEGIN TO RAISE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. BEACH EROSION
AND SPLASHOVER IS LIKELY.

...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. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR.  MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING MAY DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY...WITH MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS ACROSS THE
REGION SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND TAKE ACTIONS
TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY URBAN LOW
LYING AREAS. SOME STREET AND INTERSECTION CLOSURES ARE LIKELY THIS
WEEKEND.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
OUTER BANDS MOVE OFFSHORE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE WILL TIME
INTO TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

...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.  THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY
LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WHEN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM.

...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 PM.

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OGLESBY/ALSHEIMER

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