[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1133 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA
KEYS...
.AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.9 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF
NAPLES FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF KEY
WEST.
FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...AND A SLIGHTLY EAST OF
NORTH MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK THE
CENTER WILL CROSS THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TUESDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INLAND OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA LATER ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FAY COULD
STILL APPROACH HURRICANE STRENGTH PRIOR TO LANDFALL. WEAKENING IS
LIKELY WHILE FAY MOVES OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 995 MB OR 29.38 INCHES.
GMZ031-052-190700-
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FLORIDA BAY-OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
1133 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 11 PM ADVISORY.
WINDS INFORMATION UPDATED FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS.
TORNADO INFORMATION UPDATED TO CONTINUE WATCH FOR THE UPPER KEYS
OVERNIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN COMMON IN PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS...WITH A FEW REPORTS OF DEEP STANDING WATER ON SIDE
ROADS IN BIG PINE KEY...AS WELL AS CROSS STREET AND MALONEY AVENUE ON
STOCK ISLAND. MINOR POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. SEVERAL TREES AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. A COUPLE OF POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
THE UPPER KEYS. ALL DRAW BRIDGES ARE LOCKED DOWN...AND THEY WILL NOT
OPEN TO MARINE VESSELS. ALL MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS...MONROE COUNTY
OFFICES AND FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY.
THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY INFORMATION PHONE LINE IS
800-955-5504...THE KEY WEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER RUMOR CONTROL
HOTLINE IS 305-809-1108...AND THE CITY OF MARATHON RUMOR CONTROL
PHONE LINE IS 305-289-5268.
CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT NOON ON TUESDAY. CITY OF
MARATHON OFFICES WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY. ISLAMORADA VILLAGE HALL
WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY...REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. KEY WEST AIRPORT
EXPECTS TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL VISITORS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. MOST KEYS
HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS ARE TO BEGIN REOPENING ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE MAY BE MINOR
OVERWASH IN A FEW LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
12:04 AM TUESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
1053 PM TONIGHT
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
10:57 PM TONIGHT
NEAR KEY LARGO AT ROCK HARBOR...
11:03 PM TONIGHT
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY WITHIN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...WITH OCCASIONAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER KEYS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE IN ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY.
THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES...PORCHES...CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND CAN
BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON BRIDGES AND
CAUSEWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AS OF 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE RANGED
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 6
INCHES AT RAMROD KEY AND CUDJOE KEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KEYS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS
OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL
DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES OUT
OF OUR REGION. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE
FLORIDA STRAITS LATE TONIGHT. ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE...SEAS BEYOND THE
REEF OF 9 TO 14 FEET AND SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SEAS ON THE GULF
SIDE WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL
STORM FAY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM TUESDAY
MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
FLZ076-190700-
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-
1133 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 11 PM ADVISORY.
WINDS INFORMATION UPDATED FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS.
TORNADO INFORMATION UPDATED TO CONTINUE WATCH FOR THE UPPER KEYS
OVERNIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN COMMON IN PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS...WITH A FEW REPORTS OF DEEP STANDING WATER ON SIDE
ROADS IN BIG PINE KEY...AS WELL AS CROSS STREET AND MALONEY AVENUE ON
STOCK ISLAND. MINOR POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. SEVERAL TREES AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. A COUPLE OF POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
THE UPPER KEYS. ALL DRAW BRIDGES ARE LOCKED DOWN...AND THEY WILL NOT
OPEN TO MARINE VESSELS. ALL MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS...MONROE COUNTY
OFFICES AND FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY.
THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY INFORMATION PHONE LINE IS
800-955-5504...THE KEY WEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER RUMOR CONTROL
HOTLINE IS 305-809-1108...AND THE CITY OF MARATHON RUMOR CONTROL
PHONE LINE IS 305-289-5268.
CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT NOON ON TUESDAY. CITY OF
MARATHON OFFICES WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY. ISLAMORADA VILLAGE HALL
WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY...REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. KEY WEST AIRPORT
EXPECTS TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL VISITORS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. MOST KEYS
HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS ARE TO BEGIN REOPENING ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE MAY BE MINOR
OVERWASH IN A FEW LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
12:04 AM TUESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
1053 PM TONIGHT
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
10:57 PM TONIGHT
NEAR KEY LARGO AT ROCK HARBOR...
11:03 PM TONIGHT
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY WITHIN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...WITH OCCASIONAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER KEYS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE IN ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY.
THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES...PORCHES...CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND CAN
BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON BRIDGES AND
CAUSEWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AS OF 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE RANGED
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 6
INCHES AT RAMROD KEY AND CUDJOE KEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KEYS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS
OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL
DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES OUT
OF OUR REGION. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE
FLORIDA STRAITS LATE TONIGHT. ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE...SEAS BEYOND THE
REEF OF 9 TO 14 FEET AND SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SEAS ON THE GULF
SIDE WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL
STORM FAY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM TUESDAY
MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
GMZ032-033-053-054-072>075-190700-
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GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM-
1133 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 11 PM ADVISORY.
WINDS INFORMATION UPDATED FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS.
TORNADO INFORMATION UPDATED TO CONTINUE WATCH FOR THE UPPER KEYS
OVERNIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN COMMON IN PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS...WITH A FEW REPORTS OF DEEP STANDING WATER ON SIDE
ROADS IN BIG PINE KEY...AS WELL AS CROSS STREET AND MALONEY AVENUE ON
STOCK ISLAND. MINOR POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. SEVERAL TREES AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. A COUPLE OF POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
THE UPPER KEYS. ALL DRAW BRIDGES ARE LOCKED DOWN...AND THEY WILL NOT
OPEN TO MARINE VESSELS. ALL MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS...MONROE COUNTY
OFFICES AND FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY.
THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY INFORMATION PHONE LINE IS
800-955-5504...THE KEY WEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER RUMOR CONTROL
HOTLINE IS 305-809-1108...AND THE CITY OF MARATHON RUMOR CONTROL
PHONE LINE IS 305-289-5268.
CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT NOON ON TUESDAY. CITY OF
MARATHON OFFICES WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY. ISLAMORADA VILLAGE HALL
WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY...REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. KEY WEST AIRPORT
EXPECTS TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL VISITORS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. MOST KEYS
HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS ARE TO BEGIN REOPENING ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE MAY BE MINOR
OVERWASH IN A FEW LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
12:04 AM TUESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
1053 PM TONIGHT
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
10:57 PM TONIGHT
NEAR KEY LARGO AT ROCK HARBOR...
11:03 PM TONIGHT
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY WITHIN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...WITH OCCASIONAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER KEYS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE IN ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY.
THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES...PORCHES...CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND CAN
BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON BRIDGES AND
CAUSEWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AS OF 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE RANGED
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 6
INCHES AT RAMROD KEY AND CUDJOE KEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KEYS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS
OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL
DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES OUT
OF OUR REGION. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE
FLORIDA STRAITS LATE TONIGHT. ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE...SEAS BEYOND THE
REEF OF 9 TO 14 FEET AND SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SEAS ON THE GULF
SIDE WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL
STORM FAY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM TUESDAY
MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
FLZ077-078-190700-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1133 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 11 PM ADVISORY.
WINDS INFORMATION UPDATED FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS.
TORNADO INFORMATION UPDATED TO CONTINUE WATCH FOR THE UPPER KEYS
OVERNIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN COMMON IN PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS...WITH A FEW REPORTS OF DEEP STANDING WATER ON SIDE
ROADS IN BIG PINE KEY...AS WELL AS CROSS STREET AND MALONEY AVENUE ON
STOCK ISLAND. MINOR POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. SEVERAL TREES AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. A COUPLE OF POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
THE UPPER KEYS. ALL DRAW BRIDGES ARE LOCKED DOWN...AND THEY WILL NOT
OPEN TO MARINE VESSELS. ALL MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS...MONROE COUNTY
OFFICES AND FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY.
THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY INFORMATION PHONE LINE IS
800-955-5504...THE KEY WEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER RUMOR CONTROL
HOTLINE IS 305-809-1108...AND THE CITY OF MARATHON RUMOR CONTROL
PHONE LINE IS 305-289-5268.
CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT NOON ON TUESDAY. CITY OF
MARATHON OFFICES WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY. ISLAMORADA VILLAGE HALL
WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY...REOPENING ON WEDNESDAY. KEY WEST AIRPORT
EXPECTS TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL VISITORS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. MOST KEYS
HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS ARE TO BEGIN REOPENING ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE MAY BE MINOR
OVERWASH IN A FEW LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
THROUGHOUT THE KEYS...
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
12:04 AM TUESDAY
IN MARATHON AT VACA CUT...
1053 PM TONIGHT
IN ISLAMORADA AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...
10:57 PM TONIGHT
NEAR KEY LARGO AT ROCK HARBOR...
11:03 PM TONIGHT
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY WITHIN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...WITH OCCASIONAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER KEYS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE IN ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY.
THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES...PORCHES...CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND CAN
BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON BRIDGES AND
CAUSEWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
AS OF 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE RANGED
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 6
INCHES AT RAMROD KEY AND CUDJOE KEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KEYS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS
OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL
DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES OUT
OF OUR REGION. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE
FLORIDA STRAITS LATE TONIGHT. ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE...SEAS BEYOND THE
REEF OF 9 TO 14 FEET AND SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SEAS ON THE GULF
SIDE WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL
STORM FAY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM TUESDAY
MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
JACOBSON
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