[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
...RAINFALL APPROACHING TEN INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL 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...
TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR GLADES...HENDRY...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

...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 3 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS OVER OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY WITH THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE EYE ON THE NORTH COAST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
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 115
MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAKING JEANNE A CATEGORY 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN IN PROTECTED BUILDINGS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER
THIS MORNING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HURRICANE JEANNE MADE LANDFALL NEAR MARTIN COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT...NORTH OF
PALM BEACH COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE TIME FOR THE GREATEST STORM TIDE HAS PASSED...
TIDAL LEVELS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA ARE STILL RUNNING
AROUND A HALF FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE FOR THE ATLANTIC
COAST WILL BE AROUND 7 AM. ALTHOUGH WINDS ALONG THE COAST ARE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY...SOME COASTAL FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...THE AVERAGE LEVEL WAS NEAR 16 FEET ON SATURDAY.
WESTERLY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE EAST COASTOF THE
LAKE FROM BELLE GLADE TO PAHOKEE AND CANAL POINT AND PORT MAYACA WITH PEAK
STORM TIDE AROUND 22 FEET EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE WINDS BACK TO
THE SOUTHWEST AND FINALLY SOUTH LATER TODAY...THE WATER WILL BE RISING RAPIDLY
ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH ENDS OF THE LAKE FROM PORT MAYACA TO THE TOWN OF
OKEECHOBEE AND OVER TO BUCKHEAD RIDGE. A PEAK STORM TIDE OF 21 TO 22 FEET ABOVE
MEAN SEA LEVEL IS EXPECTED ON THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE LATE THIS MORNING
LASTING WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. ALL AREAS OUTSIDE PROTECTION OF THE HOOVER
DIKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE WILL BE FLOODED. WATER LEVELS WILL BE
FALLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE INCLUDING THE ISLANDS FROM CLEWISTON
EAST TO BELLE GLADE. THE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO MORE
THAN 30 FEET.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST...HIGHER STORM TIDES ARE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING SINCE JEANNE HAS MOVED FARTHER WEST. HIGH TIDE ON THE SOUTHWEST
GULF COAST WILL BE AROUND NOON TODAY...AND WITH THE ONSHORE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS A STORM TIDE OF 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM AROUND 8 AM LASTING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING.
THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO
EVERGLADES CITY AND OVER TO MARCO ISLAND INCLUDING STATE ROADS 29...92...AND
951 AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE TAMIAMI TRAIL U.S. HIGHWAY 41. SOME BEACHFRONT
AREAS FROM NAPLES NORTH TO THE LEE COUNTY LINE CAN ALSO EXPECT SOME COASTAL
FLOODING INCLUDING PELICAN BAY...VANDERBILT BEACH...AND BONITA SHORES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE DATA PLATFORMS
SINCE MIDNIGHT. JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF OKEECHOBEE...SUSTAINED WINDS AT 55
MPH GUSTING TO 67 MPH WERE REPORTED AT 330 AM. ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY...
WINDS HAVE BACKED TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH...BUT WERE STILL TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS CLOSE TO HURRICANE FORCE WITH SQUALLS. AT LAKE
WORTH...SUSTAINED WINDS WERE STILL 42 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 59 MPH AT 330
AM. WINDS ARE ALSO SOUTHWEST ACROSS BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE...WITH SOME
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STILL REPORTED IN BROWARD BUT ONLY GUSTS
IN MIAMI-DADE.

ONSHORE WINDS IN THE NAPLES AREA ARE GUSTING CLOSE TO 40 MPH...AND AT
EVERGLADES CITY ARE GUSTING CLOSE TO 50 MPH.

WINDS OVER METRO PALM BEACH WILL BE DECREASING THIS MORNING BUT WHEN SQUALLS
OCCUR GUSTS BACK CLOSE TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 9 AM.
THE WINDS SHOULD BE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY NOON SUNDAY ACROSS PALM BEACH
COUNTY. ACROSS BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES...WINDS WILL STEADILY DECREASE
BUT SQUALLS WILL RESULT IN TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

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. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL OCCUR
OVER INLAND AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE...EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS 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...WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH NOON.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
THE WINDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS ARE NOW SOUTHERLY...AND THEREFORE
BLOWING WITH THE GULF STREAM. ATLANTIC SEAS WILL BE SLOWLY IMPROVING BUT SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH TODAY AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL
REMAIN INTO MONDAY. LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HURRICANE
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL
WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGHOUT TODAY SLOWLY IMPROVING TONIGHT.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 6
AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM JUST SOUTH OF WELLINGTON EAST TO
GREENACRES CITY...LAKE WORTH...LANTANA....AND HYPOLUXO. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE REST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN ESTIMATED ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL
CAUSE EXTENSIVE FRESHWATER FLOODING.

AS THE DAY WEARS ON...SPIRAL BANDS OF SQUALLS WILL SWEEP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA PRODUCING BURSTS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS. TRAIN ECHOES COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT THREAT OF TORNADOES IN THE RAINBANDS OF
JEANNE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 6 AM TODAY.

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