[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1115 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...STRONGEST WINDS NOW WEST OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY METRO AREAS BUT
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH
FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED LOCAL FLOOD IMPACT
UPDATED WIND IMPACT
UPDATED STORM SURGE/STORM TIDE

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 11 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. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY.

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...INLAND COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF COLLIER AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST. THIS POSITION IS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI OR
ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NAPLES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR
8 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING KATRINA A CATEGORY
ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS KATRINA WHILE KATRINA IS OVER LAND TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN COLLIER COUNTY...SCHOOLS ARE 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
HAS BEEN ISSUED. FOUR GENERAL SHELTERS AND ONE SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER ARE OPEN.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AFTER KATRINA MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY FRIDAY THE WIND FLOW WILL
BECOME ONSHORE IN COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES AND A MAXIMUM STORM TIDE
OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLLIER BEACHES ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WITH LANDFALL HAVING OCCURRED FIVE HOURS AGO...THE STORM TIDE ALONG THE ATLANTIC
COAST OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES IS RECEDING AND WILL
BE NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY LATE TONIGHT. LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WILL CONTINUE
TO POUND THE OCEAN SHORELINE.

ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A PERSISTENT STRONG EAST NORTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO
BLOW WATER AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST SHORE AND PILE WATER UP ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERN SHORE AND AT 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 17 TO 18 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA
LEVEL...WHILE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LAKE THE LEVEL COULD DROP TO 14 TO 15
FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. BY FRIDAY MORNING AS KATRINA CONTINUES WEST THE WIND
WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WILL CAUSE THE WATER TO BEGIN
PILING UP ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY THE NORTH SHORE OF THE
LAKE AND A RECEDING OF WATER LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH SHORES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE OVER SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY...WEST OF THE METRO AREAS...WHERE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 80 MPH ARE
OCCURRING.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS NEAR 65 KNOTS ARE LIKELY STILL OCCURRING IN SQUALLS IN THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE...WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS 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.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS OF
THE SOUTHWEST COAST LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
AS OF 1030 PM A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT RAIN GAUGE HAS RECORED 8.88
INCHES OF RAIN NEAR CUTLER RIDGE. ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL...SIMILAR
RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN A BAND CENTERED FROM KEY BISCAYNE TO PERRINE...CUTLER RIDGE
AND GOULDS.

OTHER RAINBANDS WILL COME ASHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER MANY AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

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.
CONTINUED FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND PERSONS ARE
URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER TURN AROUND DON'T DROWNED.

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

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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