[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

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

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
PROTECTIVE ACTION INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
STORM LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
WIND IMPACTS HAVE 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 200 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.7 WEST...ABOUT 230 MILES NORTH OF KEY
WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF TAMPA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARDS
THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. FRANCES IS MINIMAL CATEGORY 1
HURRICANE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 980 MB.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONROE COUNTY REMAINS ON A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REMAINS ON 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 TODAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS...BUT WILL RESUME
SERVICE TOMORROW. 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 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
50 TO 70 MPH OCCURRING IN SQUALLS. OVER THE ISLANDS...SUSTAINED
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ARE ACCOMPANIED BY TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MARINE
DISTRICT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

...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 AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WATER LEVELS WILL
GRADUALLY RECEDE TONIGHT.

TIMES OF NEXT HIGH TIDES TONIGHT:

VACA CUT IN MARATHON...145 AM.
WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...228 AM.
KEY WEST HARBOR...256 AM.

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

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