[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1105 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN THE METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-
DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 11 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST FROM OCEAN REEF TO JUPITER INLET...INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY AND THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS. A FLOOD OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES FOR INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
AND FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST MAY BE NECESSARY ON WEDNESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 12 WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 76.0 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI.  THE DEPRESSION IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 35 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON WEDNESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED WINDS
FROM 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE VALUES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE
THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN MOVING ASHORE THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
EARLY THURSDAY. THESE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BLOW DOWN OR TREES TO UPROOT
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY THE MAXIMUM PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FOR
PALM BEACH IS 45 PERCENT AND 39 PERCENT FOR MIAMI.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST WILL BE
INCREASING LATE WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY REACH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE THURSDAY. AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE...SEAS WILL
BUILD...ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF STREAM...AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN NOT
VENTURE FAR FROM PORT. INCREASING WAVES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL MEAN A
HIGHER DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS BEGINNING ON THURSDAY.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
DUE TO THE FORECASTED SLOW MOVEMENT...FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND A FLOOD OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS ON THURSDAY WITH BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
SQUALLS AFFECTING SOUTHEAST FLORIDA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE DECREASING ON
SUNDAY. PERSONS IN HIGHLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO HAVE A PLAN TO PROTECT
PROPERTY FROM RISING FLOOD WATERS.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURRING IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS
BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY...MAINLY TO THE
NORTH OF THE CENTER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
AROUND 6 AM WEDNESDAY.

FOR A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS LOCAL STATEMENT...PLEASE GO TO OUR WEB
SITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO AND CLICK ON THE GRAPHICAL HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENT ICON.

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