[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
530 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...KATRINA CONTINUES MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHEAST
GULF...

...NEW INFORMATION...
FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES
AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SINCE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE
TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST...THE EXPECTED EFFECTS OF KATRINA WILL BE
LIMITED.

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST. THIS POSITION WAS
ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS. KATRINA WAS MOVING
TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
THE CORE OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE.
WHILE RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS THE STATE...THE
RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED HAVE DECREASED AND WILL RANGE FROM UP TO
1 AND 1/2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH TO UP TO 3/4 INCHES OVER THE
NORTH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE AS KATRINA MOVES AWAY. BUT RAPIDLY MOVING RAINBANDS THIS
EVENING WILL PRODUCE HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AS KATRINA MOVES OVER THE GULF THROUGH THE WEEKEND WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE SOUTH AND CAUSE A RISE IN TIDAL LEVELS. THE FORT MYERS AND
PUNTA GORDA AREAS COULD SEE TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
SATURDAY EVENING. THESE HIGHER TIDAL LEVELS WILL THEN SHIFT NORTHWARD
REACHING THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY SUNDAY WITH TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL EARLY SUNDAY. TIDES FROM PORT RICHEY TO CRYSTAL RIVER WILL BE
1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL DURING SUNDAY. CEDAR KEY AND THE SOUTH
EXPOSURE OF LEVY COUNTY WILL SEE TIDES 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
SUNDAY EVENING.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS DIMINISHED
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. THEREFORE...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND
WARNING HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE MARINE FORECAST. HOWEVER THE
COASTAL WATERS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE
WAVES. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THIS WEEKEND UNTIL CONDITIONS
IMPROVE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH
TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER UNTIL MONDAY.

...NEXT STATEMENT...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED ON KATRINA
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA AT THIS
TIME.

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RKR

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