[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
145 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH TO
SUWANNEE RIVER...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR
COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR SUMTER...POLK...
HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...AND DESOTO COUNTIES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
CITRUS...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...HERNANDO...HILLSBOROUGH...LEE...
LEVY...MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...SARASOTA...HARDEE...
HIGHLANDS...POLK...SUMTER...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE...CHARLOTTE AND DESOTO
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
SARASOTA...MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...PASCO...HERNANDO...
CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER...POLK...
HIGHLANDS AND HARDEE COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR SUMTER...POLK...HARDEE...
DESOTO AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA FLORIDA. JEANNE IS MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF WEST
NEAR 13 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. HURRICANE JEANNE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN NOW THAT THE CENTER HAS
MOVED ON SHORE.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE EYE OF
HURRICANE JEANNE. THE STRONGEST BAND EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH HIGHLANDS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS
ARE MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS HARDEE...DESOTO AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...
AND THESE BANDS WILL BE MOVING INTO HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE AND
SARASOTA COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205
MILES. HURRICANE JEANNE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE OVERNIGHT...THEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE
POSSIBLE IN HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH POLK AND
SUMTER COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO SPREAD NORTH ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM LEE COUNTY NORTH TO TAMPA
OVERNIGHT...REACHING NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY BY LATE MORNING.
WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SARASOTA COUNTY
NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY AS THE HURRICANE MAKES ITS CLOSEST POINT OF
APPROACH.

MOBILE HOMES IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THE STORM WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE
TO SEVERE DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE
CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE PARTIAL WALL AND ROOF FAILURE AS WELL AS BLOWN
OUT WINDOWS. MOST LANAI SCREENS AND POOL CAGES WILL BE DAMAGED...SOME
DESTROYED. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL
BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY.
MANY AREAS WILL HAVE POWER OUTAGES...HUNDREDS OF WIRES WILL
FALL...TRANSFORMERS WILL POP...AND SOME POWER POLES WILL BE PULLED
DOWN. ROTTING LARGE TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...MOST COMMON ON SATURATED
GROUNDS. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP.

IN THE AREAS EXPERIENCING TROPICAL STORM WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
HURRICANE FORCE... EXPECT SCATTERED LARGE TREES TO FALL...LARGE
DEBRIS BLOCKING ROADWAYS...AND KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES. ALSO...SOME
ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AS JEANNE MOVES NORTHWESTWARD SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND
BEGIN TO RAISE WATER LEVELS 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
NORTH OF TAMPA BAY...2 TO 4 FEET IN TAMPA BAY AND 1 TO 3 FEET
SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE CURRENT FORECAST MOVEMENT OF JEANNE WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL OF 6 TO
10 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF FLORIDA... INCLUDING
HIGHLANDS...POLK AND SUMTER COUNTIES. FROM LEVY TO PINELLAS AND
HILLSBOROUGH... DESOTO AND HARDEE COUNTIES...4 TO 8 INCH AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE. IN MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES...3 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED AND LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES MAY RECEIVE 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN.  HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT OVER THE NATURE COAST COUNTIES
WHERE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...
SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...AND SOME MAIN THOROUGHFARES MAY BE
CLOSED. SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL SURPASS BANK FULL. LARGER
RIVERS WILL RISE. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR RIVERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE GULF MAKING CONDITIONS VERY
HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE AS
RAIN BANDS MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WATERS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE PRIMARY AREA FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IN TROPICAL SYSTEMS IS THE
RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF THE STORM. AS SUCH...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR SUMTER...POLK...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...AND DESOTO
COUNTIES...UNTIL 6 AM. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. STAY
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY.

...SHELTER AND ROAD STATUS...
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SHELTER AND
ROAD STATUS.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FORECAST
OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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EJ/PRC
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