[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
115 PM 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 STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS.
UPDATED RAINFALL IMPACTS.
UPDATED WIND 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 100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.0 WEST... OR ABOUT 150 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14
MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 965 MB...OR 28.50 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
REPORTS FROM AROUND KEY WEST AND THE LOWER KEYS CONFIRM A STORM
SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 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 STORM SURGE SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

...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 40
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 60 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 THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER KEYS...AND INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE LOWER KEYS. SOME
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO TREES AND SIGNS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS INTO THE 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...
AN ADDITIONAL 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE KEYS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...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 330 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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