[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1110 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...
...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 HEADLINES.
PUPATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS.
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 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY. THE HURRICANE WATCH
FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST... OR ABOUT 125 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 ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE. 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 A 4.5 FOOT STORM SURGE 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...
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. 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 OF 40 TO 45
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING. WINDS WILL REMAIN
AT TROPICAL STORM FORCE THROUGH MIDDAY OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
KEYS...AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE LOWER KEYS. SOME
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO TREES AND SIGNS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

...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 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 IS IN EFFECT 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 130 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...OR
WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST.

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