[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE IVAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
825 PM EDT MON SEP 13 2004

...MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR FLORIDA KEYS RESIDENTS HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS
UPDATED STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE LIFTED THE
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER FOR RESIDENTS OF THE KEYS. FOR
INFORMATION REGARDING OPENING OF SCHOOLS...HOSPITALS...AND COUNTY
OFFICES...CONTACT THE MONROE COUNTY INFORMATION HOT-LINE AT 1...3 0
5...2 8 9...2 6 4 5 OR 1 800...9 5 5...5 5 0 4. THE KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL RESUME COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TUESDAY
MORNING. FOR INFORMATION ON RESUMPTION OF GREYHOUND BUS LINES
SERVICE CALL 1 800...2 3 1...2 2 2 2.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST...OR VERY NEAR THE WESTERN
TIP OF CUBA. THIS IS ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 160 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES
IVAN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 9 MPH. A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS
MEASURED AT 914 MB...OR 26.99 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO EIGHT TO TWELVE FEET BEYOND THE REEF
AND TWO TO FOUR FEET INSIDE THE REEF TONIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD
MONITOR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE FORECASTS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES. THE BRIDGES AT SNAKE CREEK AND JEWFISH CREEK WILL
BE LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION...AND THUS CLOSED TO MARINE VESSEL
TRAFFIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND
TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED IN THE KEYS WITH THE PASSAGE
OF HURRICANE IVAN. HOWEVER...HIGH TIDES IN THE LOWER KEYS COULD RUN
ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME
MINOR OVERWASH ONTO STREETS AND SHORES ALONG THE ATLANTIC-FACING
COASTLINE NEAR HIGH TIDE...AND MAINLY IN THE LOWER KEYS. THE NEXT
HIGH TIDES IN KEY WEST HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 1031 PM TONIGHT...AND
1030 AM TUESDAY MORNING.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM
THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING HURRICANE IVAN WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
1130 PM.

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SD


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