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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE IVAN...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
230 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...VISITORS AND NON RESIDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE KEYS BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED MARINE 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 0 1...OR 1 800...9 5 5...5 5 0 4. THE KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RESUMED COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THIS MORNING.
GREYHOUND BUS LINES WILL MOST LIKELY RESUME SERVICES WEDNESDAY
MORNING. CALL GREYHOUND BUS LINES AT 1 800...2 3 1...2 2 2 2 FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.5 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 405 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 140 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES
IVAN A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 9
MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 931 MB...OR 27.49 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 HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE IMPROVING IN THE LOWER
KEYS...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SQUALLS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN
AND WIND GUSTS NEARING 45 MILES PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

...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
UP 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 AT
KEY WEST HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 1057 THIS EVENING.

...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 PM.

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