[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
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

...JEANNE BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

...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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PASCO...HERNANDO...
CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
ANCLOTE KEY TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM...HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF
11 AM.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.9 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. THIS LOCATION IS ALSO 270 NORTH
NORTHWEST OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA. JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JEANNE
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OVER THE NATURE COAST ARE CURRENTLY 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. FURTHER
SOUTH IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA...WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS.

...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...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF TARPON SPRINGS. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO TARPON
SPRINGS...INCLUDING TAMPA BAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO
TARPON SPRINGS. A REPORT FROM BRADENTON BEACH AT 800 AM HAD SURF
RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 FEET. THIS SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

...RAIN IMPACTS...
CURRENT BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE OVER NORTHERN LEVY
COUNTY...NEAR SARASOTA...AND IN THE FORT MYERS AREA. MORE BANDING IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND FLOW NORTHEAST INTO
THE CIRCULATION OF JEANNE. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS
THAN ONE INCH OVER THE AREA WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING
UP TO 3 INCHES WHERE TRAINING OF CELLS OCCUR.

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

...SHELTER AND ROAD STATUS...
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SHELTER AND
ROAD STATUS.

THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL ISSUED FOR THE
TAMPA BAY AREA FOR JEANNE.

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RJS

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