[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...HURRICANE IVAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1100 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO DRY TORTUGAS
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
UPDATED STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS.

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 295 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 IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS...TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHWEST...NEAR 12 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 933 MB...OR
27.52 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...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.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT EIGHT TO TWELVE FEET BEYOND THE REEF...AND
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...
HURRICANE IVAN WILL NOT GENERATE ANY SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS. HOWEVER...HIGH TIDES IN THE LOWER KEYS COULD RUN UP TO
ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL OVERNIGHT. NEAR HIGH TIDE...THIS MAY CAUSE
SOME MINOR OVERWASH ONTO STREETS AND SHORES ALONG THE
ATLANTIC-FACING COAST OF THE LOWER KEYS. REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL
FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF
HURRICANE IVAN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS.

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SD


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