[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE FRANCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
930 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS INCLUDE ALL OF THE KEYS...

...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 ALL OF THE KEYS. THIS
INCLUDES ALL THE SURROUNDING WATERS FROM KEY LARGO TO DRY TORTUGAS...
AND OUR GULF WATERS OFF SHORE MAINLAND MONROE.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 900 AM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF SEBRING
FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 110 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA. FRANCES IS
MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
NEAR 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT
975 MB...OR 28.79 INCHES.

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

ALTHOUGH KEY WEST AND MARATHON AIRPORTS ARE OPEN...PASSENGERS SHOULD
CHECK WITH THEIR AIRLINES PRIOR TO GOING TO THE AIRPORT.

GREYHOUND BUS LINES HAVE SUSPENDED SERVICE DUE TO HIGH WINDS.

TOLLS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED ON CARD SOUND ROAD.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY IMPACTING A GOOD PORTION OF
THE GULF...ATLANTIC...AND FLORIDA BAY WATERS. ALONG THE FLORIDA
REEF... SUSTAINED WINDS ARE BETWEEN 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH OCCURING IN SQUALLS. OVER THE
ISLANDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ARE ACCOMAPNIED BY
FREQUENT GUSTS OVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MARINE DISTRICT THROUH
THE REST OF THE DAY.

FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND
POSSIBLY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

...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 REMAIN AT ABOUT ONE FOOT
ABOVE NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE AT
THE CHOKE POINT REPRESENTED BY THE OUTLET AT JEWFISH CREEK. LEVELS UP
TO THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL OCCUR HERE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE TONIGHT.

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 1130 AM EDT.

$$

JR/FUTTERMAN




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