[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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

...HURRICANE FRANCES HAS DRIFTED SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH
TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER INCLUDING LEVY CITRUS HERNANDO PASCO PINELLAS
HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE SARASOTA DESOTO CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA...
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR SUMTER... POLK...HIGHLANDS AND
HARDEE COUNTIES...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR
LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO...SUMTER...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH
...POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...AND HIGHLANDS
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 THE
SUWANNEE RIVER. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
SUMTER... POLK...HIGHLANDS AND HARDEE COUNTIES

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.4 WEST OR ABOUT OR ABOUT 195
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE TAMPA BAY REGION. THIS POSITION IS ALSO
ABOUT 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF STUART FLORIDA. FRANCES HAS BEEN
DRIFTING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
SPIRAL BAND FROM HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY WEST AND
SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. AT 830 PM ONE BAND STRETCHED FROM
NEAR THE VILLAGES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF CAPTIVA...
ANOTHER BAND STRETCHED ACROSS EASTERN POLK AND WESTERN HIGHLANDS
COUNTY.  THE LINES ARE MOVING WESTWARD AT 20 MPH WHILE THE STORMS
INSIDE THE LINES ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST SHOWERS...WITH MORE
GENERAL WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. ADDITIONAL BANDS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WESTWARD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
FRANCES WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES SUNDAY PRODUCING NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER HURRICANE FORCE 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.

...STORM SURGE...
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.

SO FAR STORM TOTAL RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED EAST OF U.S. 98 IN THE NORTH AND U.S. 17 IN THE
SOUTH.  NEAR THE COAST RAINFALL HAS BEEN GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH.

...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.

...PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS...
AS FRANCES MAKES LANDFALL 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 STORMS
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.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 AM.

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SOBIEN




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