[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

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

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. GREYHOUND
BUS LINES IS OPERATING. CALL GREYHOUND BUS LINES AT 1 800...2 3
1...2 2 2 2 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT EIGHT TO TWELVE FEET BEYOND THE
REEF...POSSIBLY HIGHER WEST OF THE MARQUESAS KEYS...AND TWO TO FOUR
FEET INSIDE THE REEF...THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TOWARDS MORNING.
MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE
FORECASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED IN THE LOWER KEYS...RESIDENTS
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SQUALLS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS
NEARING 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...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.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 325 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. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 929 MB...OR 27.43 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...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.

$$

SD


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