[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
403 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...KATRINA OFFSHORE THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST NOW...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS
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 3 AM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL
METROPOLITAN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES...THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS...AND BISCAYNE BAY. THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR EASTERN
PALM BEACH COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR
GLADES...HENDRY...AND WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 7 AM
FRIDAY MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA
THROUGH SATURDAY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING WESTERN BROWARD...WESTERN
MIAMI-DADE...INLAND COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
COLLIER...MAINLAND MONROE...AND WESTERN MIAMI DADE...THE FLORIDA BAY
SIDE...COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 3 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.3
NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.3 WEST. THIS POSITION IS 45 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF MARCO ISLAND. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
SOUTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH WITH A TURN TOWARDS THE WEST EXPECTED LATER
TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WITH
GRADUAL STRENGTHENING EXPECTED NOW THAT KATRINA IS BACK OVER THE
WATER.

...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.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
NOW THAT KATRINA IS MOVING OFFSHORE THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED THE
HIGHEST STORM TIDE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST IS
AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE CAPE SABLE AREA AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WHICH IS EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM.

WITH LANDFALL HAVING OCCURRED YESTERDAY EVENING...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 ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE OCEAN
SHORELINE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR AND AREA REPORTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE CURRENTLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MAINLAND MONROE...AND MIAMI DADE
COUNTIES AS WELL AS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COASTAL WATERS OFF MAINLAND
MONROE. WINDS ACROSS THESE AREA ARE MOSTLY IN THE LOW END OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH STRONGER GUSTS. THE EXCEPTION IS THE
COASTAL WATERS OFF COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES WHERE GUSTS
TO HURRICANE FORCE ARE LIKELY NEAR AND AROUND WHERE THE CENTER
PASSES THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS ARE STILL OCCURRING IN SQUALLS IN THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OFFSHORE MAINLAND
MONROE AND COLLIER COUNTIES WITH HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS NEAR AND
AROUND WHERE THE CENTER PASSES THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.
CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MIAMI
DADE AND BROWARD COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS BISCAYNE BAY. CONDITIONS
SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS
BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
AS OF 3 AM A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT RAIN GAUGE HAS RECORDED
NEARLY 12 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 WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES IN SOME INSTANCES.

OTHER RAINBANDS WILL COME ASHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER MANY AREAS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA MAINLY SOUTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY THROUGHOUT FRIDAY
MORNING SPREADING NORTHWARD NORTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY ONCE THE
HURRICANE STARTS TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 15 TO 20 INCHES
THROUGH SUNDAY. CONTINUED FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS
POSSIBLE TODAY AND PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. REMEMBER TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS MAINLY EAST OF
THE CENTER OF THE STORM.

...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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