[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1130 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...FRANCES REMAINS A LARGE TROPICAL STORM AND MOVING OFFSHORE TO THE GULF OF
MEXICO...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST
FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...AND ALSO FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TONIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.7 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF TAMPA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
FRANCES BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN PALM BEACH...MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES HAVE
RESCINDED THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND SHELTERS WILL BE CLOSING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE WATER LEVELS IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. LAST RECORDED WATER LEVEL ON THE
NORTH END WAS AROUND 15 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AT 10 PM. THE PRESTORM WATER
LEVELS WERE RUNNING JUST UNDER 14 FEET.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...THE STORM TIDE OF 1 TO 3 FEET WILL SLOWLY
RECEDE TONIGHT...AS WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH.
ALONG THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS OF MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND 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 TONIGHT AS
THE WIND BECOMES MORE FROM THE SOUTH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 11 PM...WINDS AT NAPLES WERE GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH. OVER THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTH FLORIDA...WINDS WERE FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. THEREFORE...
A WIND ADVISORY IS STILL EFFECT TONIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
AT 11 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. AT FOWEY ROCKS...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 31
KNOTS GUSTING TO 34 KNOTS WHILE AT LAKE WORTH SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 32 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. FROM JUPITER INLET TO OCEAN REEF...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN
IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 25 TO
35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON MONDAY.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
THROUGH 8 PM...THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN 13.55 INCHES AT PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ABOUT EIGHT INCHES HAS FALLEN AT AN AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGE ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
WELLINGTON. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE AVERAGED 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PALM
BEACH COUNTY AND ONE TO THREE INCHES ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ACROSS EASTERN MIAMI
DADE WHERE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN SINCE NOON SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRANCES MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8
AM MONDAY.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 AM.

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