[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...correction in watch/warning section
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...ALL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA...

...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...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE coastal sections of
the SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PENINSULA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A tropical storm WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARINE AREA OF THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS FROM
20 TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI-DADE...COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.8
NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NAPLES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. THIS MOTION
IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING KATRINA A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ON THE AVERAGE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED IN THE AFTERMATH OF A
HURRICANE...MOSTLY FROM CLEANING UP DEBRIS AND FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
RELATED TO POWER OUTAGES THAN ARE INJURED OR KILLED DURING THE HURRICANE ITSELF.
PEOPLE INSPECTING DAMAGE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT DOWNED POWER LINES CAN KILL.
WEAR STOUT SHOES WHEN WALKING AMID DEBRIS...NEVER GO BAREFOOT...AND STAY FAR
AWAY FROM ANY DOWNED POWER LINES. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING POWER TOOLS
TO CUT UP DOWNED TREES. MAKE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF VENTILATION FOR GENERATORS
AS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A SILENT KILLER IN POORLY VENTED ROOMS WITH
GENERATORS OPERATING. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY ANYWHERE NEAR STANDING WATER
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED POWER LINES THAT CANNOT BE SEEN.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOUTHWEST COAST...
WINDS ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL BECOME ONSHORE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH
OF MARCO ISLAND. THIS MAY CAUSE A STORM TIDE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
AT 8 PM THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. ANOTHER HIGH TIDE
AROUND 5 AM SATURDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL STORM TIDE OF 2 TO 3
FEET.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT THEN DECREASE
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS LEVELS ONE TO TO FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL LIKELY
OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF THE LAKE WITH A COMMENSURATE DECREASE OF ONE TO
TWO FEET BELOW NORMAL ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE.  WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY
FLUCTUATE SOMEWHAT ALONG THE ENTIRE SHORELINE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND BECOME
NEAR NORMAL ON SATURDAY.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER ALL OF THE SOUTH
FLORIDA MAINLAND.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF OF
MEXICO COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FROM CHOKOLOSKEE
TO BONITA BEACH. WINDS WILL DECREASE ON SATURDAY.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
DURING KATRINA OVER 12.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE
AND NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR CUTLER RIDGE AND NEARLY 8 INCHES
HAVE BEEN MEASURED AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT IN WEST KENDALL. FLOOD WATERS IN
PORTIONS OF SOUTH MIAMI-DADE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR MIAMI-DADE...COASTAL COLLIER AND COASTAL
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON KATRINA BY THE MIAMI WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE.

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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