[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
725 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA MADE LANDFALL ON THE BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE BORDER...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATE STORM SURGE/TIDE IMPACT
UPDATE WATCH/WARNING SECTION

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 7 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.

A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY
MORNING.

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

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING 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 7 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.1 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ON THE COAST AT THE BROWARD...
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 80 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 HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED...THE STORM TIDE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES WILL RECEDE AND REACH NEAR
NORMAL LEVELS BY 10 PM TONIGHT. LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO HIT
THE OCEAN SHORELINE.

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 PORT EVERGLADES 92 MPH...VIRGINIA KEY 87 MPH...FORT
LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 69 MPH...PEMBROKE PINES 64 MPH...MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 53 MPH AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SWEETWATER
57 MPH.

...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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