[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE FRANCES...CORRECTED ZONES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
230 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM OCEAN REEF TO THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
STORM LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
PROTECTIVE ACTIONS UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO
BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS
OF HURRICANE FRANCES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
KEYS...FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO FLORIDA CITY INCLUDING FLORIDA
BAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH
ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA...WITHIN 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST...ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH
FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 130 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCEAN REEF. FRANCES HAS
BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST TO WEST
NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 105
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRANCES WAS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 962
MB...OR 28.41 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE MONITORING THE
MOVEMENT OF HURRICANE FRANCES. COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS OUTBOUND HAVE BEEN
SUSPENDED AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT NOON. GENERAL
AVIATION IS STILL OPERATING. MARATHON AIRPORT IS STILL OPERATIONAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH
WESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE MIDDLE KEYS AND UPPER
KEYS...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE RAIN BANDS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT THROUGHOUT THE KEYS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT TODAY. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FEET BEYOND THE REEF THIS AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS
WILL BE VERY ROUGH.

...STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS IN THE MIDDLE KEYS ARE ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT
THIS TIME. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE TIDE LEVELS TO REMAIN
ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS.
DAMAGING STORM SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED.

TIMES OF NEXT HIGH TIDES:
VACA CUT IN MARATHON...1259 AM SUNDAY.
WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...210 AM SUNDAY.
KEY WEST HARBOR...140 AM SUNDAY.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 530 PM EDT.

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