[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
219 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PERSONS IN PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE...
COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PALM BEACH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 PM. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH...
GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR METRO BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
GULF COAST FROM BONITA BEACH SOUTHWARD TO SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MIAMI-DADE
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.7 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS NEAR FORT MEADE. FRANCES IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF HURRICANE FORCE AND FLOODING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO
END LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN SAFELY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THIS EVENING. MANY
OF THE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES HAVE RESCINDED THE
EVACUATION ORDERS AND SHELTERS WILL BEGIN CLOSING THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS BEING AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORMS FORCE WIND GUSTS. AS
FRANCES MOVES WEST AND NORTHWEST...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND PUSH
WATER TOWARD THE EAST COAST FROM SOUTH BAY TO PAHOKEE TO TAYLOR SLOUGH. MAXIMUM
WATER LEVELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOOVER DIKE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 17 TO 18 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. ULTIMATELY...THE WIND WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...PUSHING WATER UP AS HIGH AS 18 TO 19 FEET ABOVE MEAN
SEA LEVEL THERE MONDAY MORNING. THE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO AT
LEAST 30 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. RITTA...KREAMER AND TORRY ISLANDS ARE
PARTIALLY FLOODED AT THESE LEVELS INCLUDING SOME CAMPGROUNDS AND ROADS. ROADS
AND LAKESIDE FACILITIES IN THE PAHOKEE AREA WILL PARTIALLY FLOOD AT THESE
FORECAST LEVELS TODAY...AND SOME CAMPGROUNDS AND TRAILER PARKS ON THE LAKESIDE
OF THE DIKE WILL FLOOD AT THE FORECAST LEVELS MONDAY MORNING.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...THE STORM TIDE WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THIS
AFTERNOON AS WINDS WEAKEN AND BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH. ALONG THE TEN
THOUSAND ISLANDS OF MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND THE CHOKOLOSKEE AND EVERGLADES
CITY AREAS OF COLLIER COUNTY THIS WILL LIKELY FLOOD PARTS OF STATE ROAD 29
BETWEEN TAMIAMI TRAIL AND CHOKOLOSKEE. FROM MARCO ISLAND NORTH TO NAPLES AND
BONITA BEACH THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE WILL RECEDE TO 1 TO 2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE WIND BECOMES MORE FROM THE SOUTH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 2 PM...WINDS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE MEASURED AT 46 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS
TO 59 AND AT OPA LOCKA AIRPORT WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH. AT NAPLES WINDS
WERE GUSTING TO 43 MPH. ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HURRICANE MOVES AWAY...BUT SPIRAL BANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
AT 2 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE 43 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 53
KNOTS. AT FOWEY ROCKS...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 45 KNOTS GUSTING TO 48 KNOTS
WHILE AT LAKE WORTH SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 32 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 38 KNOTS. A
FEW HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
HURRICANE FORCE IN THE PALM BEACH COASTAL WATERS. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30
KNOTS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING...FINALLY BEGINNING TO
SUBSIDE TONIGHT. THE WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS
SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ON THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST THIS AFTERNOON.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
THROUGH 2 PM THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN 13.34 INCHES AT PALM BEACH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ABOUT 7.68 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE
ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND WELLINGTON. AT
HILLSBORO CANAL THE STORM TOTAL HAS BEEN 5.71 INCHES. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS HAVE AVERAGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND ONE TO
THREE INCHES ELSEWHERE. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF TORNADOES ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON AS SPIRAL BANDS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
530 PM.

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