[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE IVAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1115 PM EDT MON SEP 13 2004

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

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION

...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 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF 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 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 TIDE IN KEY WEST HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 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
230 AM.

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SD


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