[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
505 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ANCLOTE KEY TO
THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ANCLOTE KEY SOUTH TO
BONITA BEACH...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
CITRUS...DESOTO...HERNANDO...HILLSBOROUGH...LEVY...MANATEE...PASCO...
PINELLAS...SARASOTA...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...POLK...SUMTER...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PASCO...HERNANDO...
CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
ANCLOTE KEY TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 60 NM.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ANCLOTE KEY SOUTH TO
BONITA BEACH...


...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.6 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF
TALLAHASSEE. JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.
A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  JEANNE
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
A BAND OF RAIN ROTATING AROUND JEANNE WAS HEADED TOWARD LEVY COUNTY.
A MUCH SMALLER BAND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH INVERNESS AND
A SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FORT MYERS
AREA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
CEDAR KEY HAD RECORDED GUSTS TO 47 MPH AND COMPS STATION AT
HOMOSASSA RECORDED A GUST TO 43 MPH AROUND 3 AM. WINDS FURTHER
SOUTH IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA WERE WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.

IN LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES...EXPECT SCATTERED LARGE TREES TO FALL...
LARGE DEBRIS BLOCKING ROADWAYS...AND KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES.
ALSO...SOME ROOF AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WINDS HAD TURNED ONSHORE IN THE CEDAR KEY AREA OVERNIGHT. AT
430 AM EDT ONE FOOT OF GULF WATER WAS REPORTED IN THE HOMES ALONG
THE BOAT CANALS IN YANKEETOWN. THE ESTIMATED SURGE WAS 4 FEET.
THE SURGE AT CEDAR KEY AT 4:08 AM WAS RECORDED AT 1.2 FEET AND
RISING. FURTHER SOUTH...WATER LEVELS AT CLEARWATER AND ST PETERSBURG
REMAINED AT OR BELOW ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND MORE THAN A WEEK ON THE WITHLACHOCHEE
RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOODS STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
ALL MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT NORTH OF ANCLOTE KEY. SMALL CRAFT
AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH
OF ANCLOTE KEY TO BONITA BEACH. THE SURF WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 FEET
IN FORT MYERS...TO 4 TO 6 FEET AT CLEAR WATER BEACH...TO 8 FEET NEAR
CEDAR KEY.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED AS JEANNE HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED NORTHWARD...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE
STRONGEST BANDS THAT MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE GULF TODAY.

...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.

$$
NOAH


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