[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1025 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...STORM SURGE ESTIMATED NEAR 5 FEET AT KEY WEST AIRPORT...
...REMAIN IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...
...DO NOT VENTURE OUT ONTO THE ROADWAYS FROM YOUR PLACE OF SAFETY...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 4 PM...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS...
...HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS...

...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE.
UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE
IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 900 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST...ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF
KEY WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
DENNIS IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED TODAY. DENNIS IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 967
MB...OR 28.56 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE...WHICH IS THE INCREASE IN WATER LEVEL ABOVE
NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS STATIONED AT THE KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE MEASURED 4.5 FEET OF WATER AT THE END OF
THE RUNWAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST ESTIMATES 5 FEET OF
STORM SURGE ALONG SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG SOUTH AND EAST FACING PORTIONS
OF EACH ISLAND.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT ONTO THE STREETS AT THIS TIME.
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXIST...INCLUDING SOME FALLEN TREES...DOWNED
POWER LINES...AND SOME DOWNED AND NON FUNCTIONING TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
TO REPORT TREES THAT ARE DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES OR DOWNED POWER
LINES IN THE CITY OF KEY WEST...PLEASE CALL 809-1108. THE KEY WEST
911 SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND SHOULD BE USED ONLY IF THERE
IS AN EMERGENCY. THREE REFUGES OF LAST RESORT ARE OPEN. THEY ARE
LOCATED AT KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL IN KEY WEST...STANLEY SWITLICK
SCHOOL IN MARATHON...AND CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AT MILE MARKER 90.
NO SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE REFUGES. FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION
CALL THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY HOTLINE AT 800-955-5504. KEY WEST
AND MARATHON AIRPORTS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER
REMAIN CLOSED. THERE ARE NO FIRE OR RESCUE SERVICES FROM STOCK
ISLAND THROUGH MARATHON. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
FUTURE MEDIA REPORTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BULLETINS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS IN THE LOWER KEYS ARE CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED NEAR 50
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST AT THE
KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EARLIER THIS MORNING WAS 74 MPH.
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE BEEN 40
TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL REMAIN AT
TROPICAL STORM FORCE THROUGH MIDDAY. IN THE LOWER KEYS...TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO TREES AND SIGNS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH MIDDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WIND AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 55 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 65 KNOTS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE STRAITS...FLORIDA BAY...AND
THE GULF WATERS. HURRICANE FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE STRAITS SOUTH OF THE LOWER KEYS AND WEST THROUGH DRY
TORTUGAS...ALONG WITH SEAS UP TO 18 FEET.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE KEYS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 400 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS OF THE HURRICANE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR DETECTED ON
RADAR...A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE ON HURRICANE DENNIS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST WILL BE AROUND 1130 AM EDT THIS MORNING...OR
WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST.

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