[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...ALL WIND WARNINGS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA ARE DISCONTINUED...

...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 WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...COLLIER AND WESTERN PALM
BEACH COUNTIES.

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

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FISHEATING CREEK.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.3
NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.2 WEST. THIS LOCATION IS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKSVILLE.
JEANNE IS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MILES AN
HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CLEAN UP EFFORTS INVOLVING HIGH PLACES SUCH AS ROOFS AND LADDERS SHOULD WAIT
UNTIL GUSTY WINDS SUBSIDE ON MONDAY. BE CAREFUL WHEN USING POWER TOOLS
TO REMOVE TREES...ESPECIALLY IF UNFAMILIAR WITH THEIR OPERATION.

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 AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BLOCK ROADS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PALM
BEACH COUNTY AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. 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 OPERATED IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS...NEVER INDOORS.
EVERY HURRICANE EVENT CAUSES SEVERAL CARBON MONOXIDE DEATHS...ALWAYS PROVIDE
PLENTY OF VENTILATION FOR GENERATORS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE THE AVERAGE WATER LEVEL WAS NEAR 16 FEET ON SUNDAY
MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE NORTHWEST COAST OF THE
LAKE FROM WEST OF THE TOWN OF OKEECHOBEE TO NEAR BUCKHEAD RIDGE. WATER LEVELS 3
TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST COASTS
UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. AS THE SOUTHEAST WINDS DECREASE...THE WATER WILL SLOSH
BACK TO THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE LAKE...BUT WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE. THE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTS INHABITED AREAS TO MORE THAN 30 FEET.

FOR THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST...STORM TIDES ARE HAVE RECEDED TO ABOUT 1 FOOT
ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE. DURING THE TIME OF THE NEXT
HIGH TIDE...AROUND MIDNIGHT...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

WATER LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST ARE ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE
PENINSULA.

WINDS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CONTINUE TO GUST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH.
AT 2 PM EDT...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS WERE 38 MPH AT KENDALL...35 MPH AT POMPANO
BEACH...33 MPH AT FORT LAUDERDALE...31 MPH AT MIAMI...29 MPH AND AT MIAMI
BEACH. SUSTAINED WINDS AT WEST PALM BEACH WERE 23 MPH.

WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST ARE OCCASIONALLY GUSTING ABOVE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE. AT 2 PM EDT...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS WERE 39 MPH AT NAPLES.

WINDS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE WERE LIKELY GUSTING TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WIND AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

AT 2 PM EDT...WIND AT FOWEY ROCKS LIGHT WERE 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 34 AND
AT LAKE WORTH PIER WERE 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 33. WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY.LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE GULF COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE WINDS GUSTING TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS ALL AREAS WILL DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH TONIGHT.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...BANDS OF
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH PRODUCING BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS COULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FISHEATING CREEK. MODERATE FLOODING
IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH WATERS LEVELS UP TO TWO FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE CREEK BEGINS TO RECEDE.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS MOSTLY ENDED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE JEANNE.

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LUSHINE

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