[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
520 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2005

...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA SLOWLY STRENGTHENING AND MOVING TOWARD
SOUTH FLORIDA...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH SOUTHWARD...AND FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTH OF VERO
BEACH TO TITUSVILLE...INCLUDING ALL OF MERRITT ISLAND. AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND AN
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF
MARTIN...ST LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD...OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA
COUNTIES FOR TROPICAL STORM KATRINA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.2 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH AND A TURN TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR WEST
AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED WINDS
ABOVE 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREA SHOULD HAVE A
PLAN IN PLACE AND KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST ADVISORIES.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
DUE TO THE SLOW FORWARD MOTION OF KATRINA...HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRACK OF THE STORM...
PRIMARILY ACROSS MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...
WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. IF THE STORM MOVES FURTHER NORTH
OR SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AND IMPACTS FROM FLOODING RAINS COULD AFFECT AREAS
FARTHER NORTHWARD TOWARD ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY LATE THURSDAY WITH BANDS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS POSSIBLE WELL INTO FRIDAY. PERSONS IN HIGHLY
FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO HAVE A PLAN TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM
RISING WATERS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE LATEST PROJECTION FOR TROPICAL STORM KATRINA BRINGS TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO
BLOW DOWN OR TREES TO UPROOT...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. GUSTY ONSHORE
WINDS...REACHING 30 TO 40 MPH IN HEAVY SHOWERS...WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ALONG MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...ESPECIALLY
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTHWARD.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS A LOW THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURRING IN THE
OUTER RAINBANDS BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY
SATURDAY...MAINLY NEAR THE EAST COAST AND NORTH OF THE CENTER.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
BASED ON CURRENT FORECAST TRACK AND INTENSITY...STORM SURGE VALUES OF
3 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
LARGE SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND BEACH EROSION WILL LIKELY
IMPACT THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS WILL BEGIN INCREASING EARLY
THURSDAY WILL LIKELY REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THURSDAY. AS
WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE...SEAS WILL BUILD...AND SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT. INCREASING WAVES ALONG THE
COAST RESULT IN A GREATER DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS BEGINNING THURSDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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