[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...EYE WALL NOW IMPACTING NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS
AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE...GLADES...
HENDRY...COLLIER...AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY, AND PALM BEACH
COUNTIES INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND
MIAMI-DADE METRO AREAS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE...

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
GLADES...HENDRY...WESTERN PALM BEACH...AND WESTERN BROWARD COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COLLIER AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND
COLLIER AND WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 8 PM
SUNDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.5 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 15 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF STUART. JEANNE IS MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DUE WEST NEAR 13
MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAKING JEANNE
A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN IN PROTECTED BUILDINGS UNTIL HURRICANE
CONDITIONS SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HURRICANE JEANNE MADE LANDFALL AROUND STUART AROUND MIDNIGHT JUST NORTH OF PALM
BEACH COUNTY. THE STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING
AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVES INLAND.

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...THE WATER LEVEL WAS NEAR 16 FEET ON SATURDAY. AS WINDS
INCREASE AND SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...WATER LEVELS INSIDE THE DIKE WERE EXPECTED TO RISE AROUND 4 FEET ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST SHORE AROUND 11 PM SATURDAY, AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE EASTERN
SHORE BY 2 TO 3 AM SUNDAY, AND AROUND 4 FEET ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AROUND 5 TO 6
AM SUNDAY MORNING. AT 11 PM...THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORTED A STORM SURGE
OF NEARLY 3 FEET AT PORT MAYACA ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LAKE. ALL AREAS
OUTSIDE PROTECTION OF THE HOOVER DIKE...INCLUDING RITTA...TORRY...AND KREAMER
ISLANDS AS WELL AS MARINAS AND DOCKS IN THE BELLE GLADE AND PAHOKEE AREAS...CAN
BE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. THE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO MORE THAN 30
FEET.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST...ONSHORE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CAUSE
STORM TIDES UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET FROM CAPE SABLE TO MARCO ISLAND AROUND 4 TO 5 AM
AND ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET NORTH OF MARCO ISLAND TO BONITA BEACH AROUND 6 TO 7 AM ON
SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS BETWEEN MARCO
ISLAND AND CHOKOLOSKEE AND EVERGLADES CITY.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS FROM THE JUPITER AREA INDICATED ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS
CLOSE TO 100 MPH CLOSER TO THE EYE WALL AROUND 11 PM. AT 2 AM...LAKE WORTH
WAS REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 53 MPH WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 78 MPH
REPORTED AROUND 102 AM. ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY...WIND REPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTY
INDICATED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 40 MPH EXCEPT CLOSER TO 50
MPH IN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. WINDS IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY WERE MAINLY
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS
OF THE COUNTY. AT 2 AM...FOWEY ROCKS...JUST SOUTH OF KEY BISCAYNE...WAS
REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 41 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. BETWEEN 1 AND
130 AM IN THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION...WINDS WERE IN THE 65 AND 80 MPH RANGE
WITH A GUST TO 104 MPH RECORDED ON THE NORTH END AT 115 AM. WIND IN AREAS AROUND
LAKE OKEECHOBEE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM WERE SUSTAINED AT TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF
AROUND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. WINDS WERE MOSTLY IN THE 20 TO 30
MPH RANGE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA GUSTING CLOSE TO 35 TO 40 MPH IN
A FEW AREAS.

SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 73 MPH...WILL LIKELY LAST OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH
GUSTS CLOSE TO 100 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS OVER METRO PALM BEACH WILL BEGIN TO
DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND ARE FORECAST TO BE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY
NOON SUNDAY.

ACROSS BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES...CURRENT WIND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST FOR LONGER BEFORE GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO IMPROVE AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY
MORNING.

OVER INLAND AREAS OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD...GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES ...
WINDS SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...39 MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER...
WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL OCCUR
OVER INLAND AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND WESTERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
LAKE OKEECHOBEE...ESPECIALLY IF THE CENTER OF JEANNE MOVES FARTHER SOUTH. THE
WINDS WILL DECREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST REGION...INCLUDING BIG CYPRESS SWAMP...EVERGLADES
NATIONAL PARK AND THE NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND AREA...FREQUENT WINDS GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 39 MPH...TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...ARE POSSIBLE FROM NOW THROUGH NOON
SUNDAY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
AT 2 AM...LAKE WORTH REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 KNOTS WITH A PEAK WIND
GUST OF 70 KNOTS AROUND 102 AM. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE AFFECTING THE PALM
BEACH NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SOUTH THROUGH THE
BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. AT 2 AM...FOWEY ROCKS REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 36 KNOTS WITH A GUST TO 42 KNOTS. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOTS
RANGE WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...MOSTLY IN
THE FORM OF FREQUENT GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN
OVER PORTIONS OF METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY...FROM WEST PALM BEACH TO BOYNTON BEACH
WESTWARD...SINCE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES
JUST SOUTH OF WEST PALM BEACH. ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS. RAIN GAGES ACROSS PALM BEACH SHOW 2
TO 4 INCHES SO FAR TODAY. AN ISOLATED SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
RAIN GAGE REPORT INDICATE CLOSE TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY SOUTH OF
WELLINGTON...THE SAME AREA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES
MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL MEAN MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A FEW SPOTS NEARING ONE FOOT OF RAIN OR
MORE. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEEING THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AREAS AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. IF
FEEDER BANDS SETS UP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY AND SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH.

THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE FRESHWATER FLOODING AND A FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT THREAT OF TORNADOES IN THE RAINBANDS OF
JEANNE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING PARTICULARLY AROUND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL
BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM TODAY.

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