[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
654 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE EYEWALL OF FRANCES MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD THE SAINT
LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTY COAST...

...HURRICANE WARNING FROM SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO FLORIDA CITY
WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA...

...FLOOD WARNING FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE COUNTIES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN
AND OKEECHOBEE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
A RAINBAND AROUND THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTY COAST WITH DAMAGING
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS TO 80 MPH. REMAIN IN THE SAFE AREA OF
YOUR STURDY STRUCTURE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AS SIMILAR
RAINBANDS MOVED ONSHORE EARLIER TODAY THEY PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.

BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM THIS EVENING...THE OUTER EYEWALL OF HURRICANE
FRANCES WILL APPROACH THE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. THE
INTENSE RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYEWALL WILL SPAWN DAMAGING
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS RAPIDLY INCREASING TO 100 MPH
AS IT MOVES ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS FRANCES MAKING LANDFALL AROUND THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WOULD PRODUCE MAXIMUM STORM TIDES
OF SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET MAINLY NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES
LANDFALL...MOST LIKELY BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. NORTH OF
CAPE CANAVERAL...A SURGE OF 3 TO 4 FEET IS LIKELY. BATTERING WAVES OF
VERY LONG DURATION WILL BE OF GREAT CONCERN ALONG THE BEACHES.
SIGNIFICANT WIND AND WAVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY IN THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERWAY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT.   A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY.

CONTINUOUS RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...SO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WARNING
IS LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.3 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

FRANCES HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT
THE HURRICANE SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE BETWEEN THE WEST AND
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. ON THIS TRACK...THE STRONGEST WINDS
SURROUNDING THE LARGE EYE OF FRANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA
EAST COAST TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION WIND AND RAIN EVENT. DO NOT GET CAUGHT
TRYING TO DO THINGS OUTDOORS IN BETWEEN RAINBANDS...STAY PUT IN
SHELTER.  AS FRANCES MAKES LANDFALL THIS EVENING PEOPLE IN
AND CLOSE TO THE CORE OF MAXIMUM WINDS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A SMALL
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. PUT AS MANY
WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE HURRICANE WINDS AS POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. KEEP A BATTERY OPERATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH YOU OR AM FM
RADIO TO RECEIVE UPDATES AND WARNINGS. TORNADO WARNINGS WILL BE
ISSUED IF A HIGH THREAT OF TORNADOES OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH
HURRICANE RAINBANDS ARE FORECAST USING DOPPLER RADAR.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS
...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF RURAL
ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH SOUTH TO
FLORIDA CITY...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
COASTAL COUNTIES...AND ALSO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AN INLAND HURRICANE
WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE...OSCEOLA...ORANGE...LAKE
...INLAND VOLUSIA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.  A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER OUTER
RAINBANDS AND THE THREAT WILL INCREASE AS THE INNER RAINBANDS OF
FRANCES MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM
OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB

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