[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
600 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR
PERSONS IN MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...PALM BEACH...HENDRY...GLADES
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 5 PM...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MIAMI-DADE...
BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR MIAMI-DADE...
BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWARD...PALM BEACH...HENDRY AND GLADES
COUNTY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES. DENNIS
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 104 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING DENNIS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND DENNIS WILL BECOME A MAJOR CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE
AGAIN LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SHELTER IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS CLOSED. ONE SHELTER IN COLLIER COUNTIES
REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING. PERSONS WITH POTENTIAL FLOOD PROBLEMS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER
ALERT THROUGH SUNDAY AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOOD WARNINGS
BE ISSUED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE MAXIMUM STORM TIDE OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED ALONG THE GULF COAST OF COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND AND EVERGLADES CITY THIS EVENING. THE STORM TIDE
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR LATER
TONIGHT. AT THAT POINT THE STORM SURGE WILL BE ONLY ABOUT 1 FOOT IN HEIGHT
MEANING THE STORM TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR
430 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

THE STORM TIDE MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF COASTAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY PARTS
OF STATE ROADS 951 AND 92 TO MARCO ISLAND AND STATE ROAD 29 TO CHOKOLOSKEE.

NO FURTHER STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.

...WIND IMPACTS...
IN COLLIER...MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES AREAS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ARE LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE
OCCURRING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS OFF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
COAST.

OVER MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES SUSTAINED WINDS ARE GENERALLY
20 TO 25 MPH WITH A GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IN GENERAL...WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT.

ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES...WIND
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS TONIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 64 KNOTS ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO CAPE SABLE. THESE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT.

IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AND ON LAKE
OKEECHOBEE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS.

ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF COAST BEACHES
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. PERSONS ARE URGE TO GO INTO THE WATER ONLY WHEN A
LIFEGUARD IS PRESENT.

...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS...
MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING HURRICANE
DENNIS HAVE TOTALED 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA.  THE
EXCEPTIONS ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER METROPOLITAN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND A FEW SPOTS
OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE EVERGLADES OF SOUTHWEST BROWARD AND NORTHEAST COLLIER
COUNTIES.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND A
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...COLLIER
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES AS THE RISK OF TORNADOES HAS MOSTLY ENDED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HURRICANE 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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LUSHINE



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