[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE
RIVER...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR
COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR LEVY...
CITRUS... HERNANDO....PASCO...PINELLAS...SUMTER...POLK...AND
HILLSBOROUGH 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 HURRICANE WARNING 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 5 PM FOR LEVY...
CITRUS... HERNANDO....PASCO...PINELLAS...SUMTER...POLK...AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  81.1 WEST...OVER THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SEBRING FLORIDA OR ABOUT 70 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 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE JEANNE WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN NOW THAT THE CENTER HAS MOVED WELL INLAND.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
THE EYE OF JEANNE IS OVER HIGHLNADS AND SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY.
THE STRONGEST RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD IN ADVANCE
HURRICANE JEANNES EYE EXTENDING OVER POLK...HIGHLANDS...DESOTO...
AND HARDEE COUNTIES AND JUST ENTERING SUMTER...HERNANDO...PASCO...
HILLSBOROUGH AND MANATEE COUNTIES. AREAS OF GUSTY SHOWERS ARE MOVING
THORUGH CITRUS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
RECENTLY REPORTED WIND GUSTS WERE 52 MPH AT THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY
BRIDGE...65 MPH 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT MEADE...77 MPH IN
FROSTPROOF AND 64 MPH IN WINTER HAVEN. THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE
IS NOW FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES
THIS MORNING AND ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH AND PASCO COUNTIES THIS
AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN ABOUT 70 MILES OF THE CENTER. HURRICANCE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW
OCCURRING IN INTERIOR COUNTIES AND WILL BE OCCURRING BY MID MORNING
IN HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO AND MANATEE COUNTIES...BY EARLY AFTERNOON
IN HERNANDO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES.

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 TODAY...WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND
BEGIN TO RAISE WATER LEVELS 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
NORTH OF TAMPA BAY FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM MONDAY MORNING...2 TO 4 FEET IN
TAMPA BAY FROM EARLY AFTERNOON TO LATE THIS EVENING AND 1 TO 3 FEET
SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY FROM EARLY MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON.

...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 AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OVER
THE NATURE COAST MONDAY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES AS TRAILING BANDS AFFECT
THE AREA.

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 TODAY. 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. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 UNTIL 5 PM WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO 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 9 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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CP



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