[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1145 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AS OF 11 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS OF COLLIER COUNTY FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES...
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES...THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM PALM BEACH TO MIAMI DADE
COUNTIES...BISCAYNE BAY...AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

ALL OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ARE
CANCELLED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.3 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. DENNIS
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 125
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAKING DENNIS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
DENNIS COULD BECOME A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AGAIN BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL
ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA...
ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS COULD STILL DEVELOP OR MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ANY
ONE OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BRING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEREFORE...RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE
CAUTIOUS IF ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY WERE TO DEVELOP AND/OR MOVE ACROSS YOUR AREA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HIGH TIDE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST ALONG MARCO ISLAND TO EVERGLADES
CITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 3 TO 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH
A EXPECTED STORM SURGE OF AROUND 1 TO 2 FEET TO RESULT IN A STORM TIDE OF UP TO
3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NEAR 430 AM SUNDAY MORNING IF THE WIND FLOW
BECOMES ONSHORE BEFORE THEN. THIS STORM TIDE MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR BEACH
EROSION AND/OR MINOR FLOODING OF COASTAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF STATE
ROADS 951 AND 92 TO MARCO ISLAND AND STATE ROAD 29 TO CHOKOLOSKEE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO
30 MPH...ARE STILL LIKELY OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUNDAY MORNING HOURS ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD STILL
REMAIN BREEZY AT TIMES.

ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ANY
RAIN BAND THAT DEVELOPS OR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 40 KNOTS ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THE
OFFSHORE...20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES...WATERS OF COLLIER COUNTY WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS DENNIS
CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF COLLIER AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES...THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM PALM BEACH TO MIAMI
DADE COUNTIES...BISCAYNE BAY...AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT ALSO AS SEAS WILL
ONLY GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY.

ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF COAST BEACHES
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. PERSONS ARE URGED 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 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
THROUGH SUNDAY PARTICULARLY IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN BANDS DEVELOP OR MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STAYED
AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ONLY FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AND OR LOW LYING
AREAS IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STILL REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
ANY OF THE RAIN BANDS PROMPT URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR STREET FLOODING OF
POORLY DRAINED AND/OR LOW LYING AREAS.

...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS...
AS HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN
ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPIRAL BANDS.
THEREFORE...AS RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...RESIDENTS ARE
ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR WEATHER BULLETINS IN CASE A DEVELOPING
TORNADO IS DETECTED AND A WARNING IS WARRANTED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIAMI WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE SUNDAY MORNING.

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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