[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
515 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED WATCH INFORMATION.
UPDATED STORM IMPACTS.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF. THERE ARE NOW NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT
FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND COASTAL WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.7 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 150 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF OCEAN REEF...AND ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SEBRING
FLORIDA. JEANNE IS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JEANNE WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND. THE HURRICANE IS MOVING
SLIGHTLY NORTH OF WEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 955 MB...OR 28.20 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GREYHOUND BUS WILL RESUME SERVICE WHEN CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA AND THE KEYS IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CONTACT
GREYHOUND BUS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
TODAY. SEAS WILL CONTINUE AT EIGHT TO TWELVE FEET OUTSIDE THE
REEF...AND THREE TO FOUR FEET INSIDE THE REEF THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE FORECASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL BE MAINLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY
THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE OR TIDE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE
KEYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE JEANNE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF
HURRICANE JEANNE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS.

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DEVANAS




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