[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1230 AM EDT MON SEP 6 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 FOR INTERIOR AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

...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HAVE RESCINDED THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND SHELTERS WILL BE CLOSING.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. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

...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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