[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE IVAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
500 AM EDT TUE SEP 14 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 THIS
MORNING. FOR INFORMATION ON RESUMPTION OF GREYHOUND BUS LINES
SERVICE CALL 1 800...2 3 1...2 2 2 2.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 85 MILES
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 SLIGHT
WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IVAN WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 924 MB...OR 27.29 INCHES OF
MERCURY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT EIGHT TO TWELVE FEET BEYOND THE REEF AND TWO
TO FOUR FEET INSIDE THE REEF...THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. 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 TODAY.

...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
RUNUP TO ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. 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 THIS 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
830 AM.

$$

MR


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