[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
452 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA NEAR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS
UPDATED FLOOD IMPACTS
UPDATED WIND IMPACTS

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN MIAMI-DADE...
BROWARD...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND MONROE
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 5 PM EDT...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL
METROPOLITAN PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES...THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR METROPOLITAN PALM
BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR INLAND AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING
GLADES...HENDRY...WESTERN PALM BEACH...WESTERN BROWARD...AND WESTERN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS OF
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCLUDING COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF
COAST FROM BONITA BEACH TO CAPE SABLE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.2
NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.9 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT
LAUDERDALE. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH. THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER OF
KATRINA ONSHORE THE SOUTHEAST COAST...MOSTLY LIKELY IN CENTRAL
BROWARD COUNTY...THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING KATRINA A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN COLLIER COUNTY...SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED FRIDAY.
RESIDENTS OF MOBILE HOMES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EVACUATION AND A
SHELTER IS OPEN. CHECK WITH COLLIER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR DETAILS.

IN GLADES COUNTY...A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR MOBILE HOMES IN LOW
LYING AREAS BEGAN AT 1 PM TODAY. FOUR GENERAL SHELTERS AND ONE
SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER ARE OPEN.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WITH LANDFALL OCCURRING IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE STORM TIDE ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER WILL BE
BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH TIDES. A STORM TIDE HEIGHT AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE
MEAN SEA LEVEL WILL OCCUR. THE STORM TIDE WILL GRADUALLY FALL
REACHING NEAR NORMAL HEIGHTS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LARGE AND
BATTERING WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO HIT THE OCEAN SHORELINE.

BISCAYNE BAY IS EXPERIENCING AN OFFSHORE WIND...WHICH IS RESULTING
IN MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS TONIGHT.

ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A PERSISTENT STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL
BLOW WATER AWAY FROM THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE AND PILE WATER UP ALONG
THE SOUTHWESTERN SHORE AND IN THE MOUTH OF FISHEATING CREEK. MAXIMUM
STORM TIDE LEVELS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...MAINLY
FROM MOORE HAVEN TO CLEWISTON TO BELLE GLADE...ARE EXPECTED TO BE
FROM 18 TO 19 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...WHILE ON THE NORTHEAST
SIDE OF THE LAKE THE LEVEL COULD DROP TO 13 TO 14 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA
LEVEL. AS KATRINA MOVES INLAND...THE WIND WILL VEER TO THE
EAST...WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE PILING OF WATER INTO THE MOUTH OF
FISHEATING CREEK. THIS SCENARIO WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF KATRINA MOVES
FARTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.

WHILE KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER AFTER MOVING ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FRIDAY...THE WIND FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BE
ONSHORE IN COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES AND A MAXIMUM STORM
TIDE OF 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLLIER
BEACHES AROUND 800 PM FRIDAY EVENING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
RECENT WIND GUSTS INCLUDE FORT LAUDERDALE 65 MPH...BOCA RATON 64 MPH
...POMPANO BEACH 60 MPH.  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 445 PM
SHOWS A SMALL AREA OF 75 MPH WINDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CENTER
OF KATRINA IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ABOUT 15 MILES OFFSHORE MIAMI BEACH.

WIND GUSTS OF 74 MPH OR HIGHER MAY OCCUR IN A FEW
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE
BUILDINGS.FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...39 TO 73
MPH...ARE OCCURRING IN SQUALLS ALONG MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.  SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
FRIDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND CAN
POSSIBLY DOWN POWER LINES AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS ACROSS THE METRO AREAS
OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS OF AROUND 65 KNOTS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS OF BROWARD AND NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE...WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING OVER
PORTIONS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTH
SHORE...ESPECIALLY FROM MOORE HAVEN AROUND TO CLEWISTON AND LAKE
HARBOR AND BELLE GLADE.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE HEAVIEST RAIN BAND...WITH A RAIN RATE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER
HOUR...REMAINS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA...MAINLY JUST
OFFSHORE FROM NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES.
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS MANY AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WHILE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO
12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS TO 15 TO 20 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. EXAMPLES OF
SIMILAR FLOODING SLOW MOVING STORMS WERE IRENE IN 1999 AND THE
DISTURBANCE OF OCTOBER 2 2000 WHICH PRODUCED LOCALIZED RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND CAUSED
WIDESPREAD FLOODING THAT LASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY
SATURDAY...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE AROUND 7 PM TODAY.

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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LUSHINE



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