[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1040 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004

...OUTER FRINGES OF POWERFUL HURRICANE IVAN AFFECTING LEVY COUNTY...

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCATION IN
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA :

  LEVY COUNTY

INCLUDING...
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FROM YANKEETOWN TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES WEST OF
CEDAR KEY. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES
ALONG THE LEVY COUNTY COAST.

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.

MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS THE WINDS SHIFT AROUND
TO AN ONSHORE DIRECTION BY EARLY MORNING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WILLISTON TONIGHT AT 1017 PM. LOW LEVEL
WINDS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TO DEVELOP OUT OF
CELLS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT
NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF
TORNADO WARNINGS OVERNIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WERE BEING
OBSERVED OVER LEVY COUNTY AND THE NEAR SHORE GULF WATERS THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR LEVY COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
WITHIN THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AS HURRICANE IVAN MOVES NORTHWARD
OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF LEVY COUNTY LATER TONIGHT
CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

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...
A HEAVY BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ABOUT 75
MILES WEST OF THE LEVY COUNTY COASTLINE...WHICH WAS THE EASTERN EDGE
OF HURRICANE IVAN. A NEW LINE COULD FORM OVERNIGHT AND MOVE INTO LEVY
COUNTY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BUT THE
BULK OF THE RAIN WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR. RESIDENTS LIVING IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR ALONG AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR SOME 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 230 AM.

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RJS
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