[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1220 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED FOR 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 HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY
COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND COLLIER
COUNTY.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FISHEATING CREEK.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA.
JEANNE IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MILES AN
HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CLEAN UP EFFORTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING GETTING ONTO ROOFS OR LADDERS...
SHOULD WAIT UNTIL GUSTY WINDS SUBSIDE LATE TODAY OR MONDAY.

DOWNED POWER LINES CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SHOULD YOU SPOT A DOWNED POWER
LINE STAY AWAY! IT IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IF IT IS CLOSE TO STANDING WATER.

DOWNED TREES WILL BE BLOCKING ROADS ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. BE CAREFUL WHEN USING POWER SAWS TO
REMOVE TREES...ESPECIALLY IF UNFAMILIAR WITH THEIR OPERATION. TRAFFIC LIGHTS
WILL BE OUT OVER A LARGE PART OF METRO PALM BEACH AND EXTREME NORTH BROWARD
COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. TREAT INTERSECTIONS WITH NO
FUNCTIONING TRAFFIC LIGHTS AS A FOUR WAY STOP. PROCEED INTO THE INTERSECTION
ONLY WHEN THE WAY IS CLEAR AND THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IN YOUR FAVOR. COURTESY TO
OTHER DRIVERS PREVENTS ACCIDENTS.

GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATING IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS...NEVER IN
ENCLOSED GARAGES OR SMALL SPACES. EVERY HURRICANE EVENT CAUSES SEVERAL CARBON
MONOXIDE DEATHS...ALWAYS PROVIDE PLENTY OF VENTILATION FOR GENERATORS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AT TIMES OVER THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGH SURF WITH POUNDING WAVES AND
CONTINUED BEACH EROSION THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY BUT SHOULD BE DIMINISHING
TONIGHT.

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...THE AVERAGE LEVEL WAS NEAR 16 FEET ON SUNDAY
MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE NORTH COAST OF THE LAKE FROM
TAYLOR SLOUGH TO THE TOWNS OF OKEECHOBEE AND BUCKHEAD RIDGE. THE PEAK STORM TIDE
OF 21 TO 22 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS LIKELY OCCURRING AT MIDDAY AND WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. ALL AREAS OUTSIDE PROTECTION
OF THE HOOVER DIKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE WILL BE FLOODED. WATER LEVELS
WILL GENERALLY FALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE...BUT AS WATER DECREASES
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE IT WILL SLOSH BACK TO THE SOUTH SHORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO MORE THAN 30
FEET.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST...STORM TIDES ARE NEAR THEIR PEAK OF 2 TO 4
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON AS ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
AND STORM SURGE BOTH DECREASE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA HAVE DECREASED BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE. AT NOON EDT...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS WERE 37 MPH AT KENDALL...32 MPH AT LAKE
WORTH PIER...32 MPH AT WEST PALM BEACH AIRPORT...32 MPH AT POMPANO BEACH...29
MPH AT MIAMI AND 29 MPH AT MIAMI BEACH.

WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST ARE GUSTING ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE.  AT 11
AM...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS WERE 51 MPH AT EVERGLADES CITY...37 MPH AT FLAMINGO AND
33 MPH AT NAPLES. WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST ONSHORE WINDS IN THE NAPLES
AREA ARE GUSTING CLOSE TO 40 MPH...AND AT EVERGLADES CITY ARE GUSTING CLOSE TO
50 MPH.

WINDS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST PART...WERE LIKELY
GUSTING NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH. AT 11 AM THE WIND AT PORT MAYACA WAS 32 MPH.

ALMOST HALF A MILLION CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS OF
SUNDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH ANOTHER 57 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN BROWARD
COUNTY AND 3 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
AT NOON...WIND GUSTS AT FOWEY ROCKS LIGHT WERE 38 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY. 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...
RAINFALL REPORTS FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7 AM SUNDAY INCLUDE OVER 6 INCHES AT
CANAL POINT /6.37/ AND AT A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM IN CENTRAL PALM BEACH
COUNTY BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /6.61/. 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN WAS COMMON ACROSS THE REST OF METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE
LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A STRIP ACROSS CENTRAL
PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM PAHOKEE TO JUST SOUTH OF WELLINGTON EAST TO GREENACRES
CITY...LAKE WORTH...LANTANA....AND HYPOLUXO.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FISHEATING CREEK. MODERATE FLOODING
WITH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 7.0 FEET BEING EXCEEDED BY ONE FOOT ON TUESDAY AND TWO
FEET ON WEDNESDAY.

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...BANDS OF SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH PRODUCING BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN...
ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS COULD ADD AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 3 PM.

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LUSHINE

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