[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1158 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...OUTER FRINGES OF POWERFUL HURRICANE IVAN WILL AFFECT LEVY
COUNTY...

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS FROM YANKEETOWN TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT
60 NM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 370 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WATER LEVELS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED ALONG
THE LEVY COUNTY COAST BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND COULD INCREASE
TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS MAY OCCUR...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR AT
314 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND 339 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH AND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW
HIGHER GUSTS WERE BEING OBSERVED OVER LEVY COUNTY AND ADJACENT GULF
WATERS LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR LEVY COUNTY ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR WITHIN THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AS HURRICANE IVAN MOVES
NORTHWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK
FURNITURE INDOORS.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD INFORMATION...
BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT LEVY COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY
WITH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY...WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3
INCH RANGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WHO LIVE ALONG AREA
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING AND
SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FORECAST
OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM EDT.

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