[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE FRANCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
315 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 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.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY.

...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.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 300 AM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST...BETWEEN STEWART AND OKEECHOBEE.
FRANCES WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THUS...FRANCES
REMAINED A STRONG CATEGORY TWO ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ESTIMATED
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 960 MB...OR 28.35 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REMAINS ON LEVEL TWO PARTIAL ACTIVATION.

KEY WEST AIRPORT HAS SUSPENDED COMMERCIAL DEPARTURES. GENERAL
AVIATION IS STILL OPERATING...AND MARATHON AIRPORT IS OPERATIONAL.

GREYHOUND BUS LINES HAVE SUSPENDED SERVICE DUE TO HIGH WINDS.

TOLLS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED ON CARD SOUND ROAD.

...WIND IMPACTS...
PEAK WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN MEASURED AT FOWEY ROCKS AND
MOLASSES REEF. THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND IN THE LAST
TWO HOURS. GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL OCCUR ON THE ISLANDS
DURING INFREQUENT SQUALLS.

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

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS ARE ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE AT
THE JEWFISH CREEK CHOKE POINT. LEVELS UP TO THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL
WILL OCCUR HERE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE...AFTER WHICH WATER LEVELS GRADUALLY WILL RECEDE.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDES TODAY:
OCEAN REEF IN KEY LARGO...202 PM.
VACA CUT IN MARATHON...229 PM.
WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...228 PM.
KEY WEST HARBOR...340 PM.

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

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