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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
525 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...FAY MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

.AT 5 PM EDT...TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.3
DEGREES NORTH...81.0 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SEBRING IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 986 MB...
OR 29.12 INCHES.

FLZ057-200100-
/O.CON.KTBW.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080820T0800Z/
HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEBRING...AVON PARK
525 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HIGHLANDS
COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE LOCATED IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE TONIGHT.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH THE RAIN SOFTENED GROUND WILL
LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. TREAT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES
AS LIVE AND CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POWER COMPANIES TO
REPORT THE HAZARD. IF GENERATORS ARE USED...BE SURE THEY ARE IN
WELL VENTILATED AREAS TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. NEVER
RUN A GENERATOR INDOORS OR IN AN ATTACHED GARAGE. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM FAY.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN
STRONGER RAIN BANDS AND NEAR THE CENTER OF THE STORM.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK THERE CONTINUES TO BE A 30 TO
80 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WINDS OF 39 TO
73 MPH... DEPENDING ON WHICH PART OF THE COUNTY YOU ARE IN.
EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IS THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO EXPERIENCE
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY AND FLOOD
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

...TORNADOES...

NOW THAT THE CENTER OF FAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THE
TORNADO RISK HAS LESSENED AND THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 830 PM EDT.

$$

FLZ052-056-061-062-065-200100-
/O.CON.KTBW.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
POLK-HARDEE-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...WAUCHULA...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
525 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.
FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR POLK...
HARDEE AND DE SOTO COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR POLK...HARDEE AND DE SOTO COUNTIES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN RAIN BANDS
UNTIL THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.

PEOPLE SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUTSIDE TO ASSESS
DAMAGES TONIGHT. TREAT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AS IF THEY WERE
LIVE. IF GENERATORS ARE USED...BE SURE THEY ARE IN WELL
VENTILATED AREAS TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. NEVER RUN A
GENERATOR INDOORS OR IN AN ATTACHED GARAGE. REPORT ANY TREES OR
TREE BRANCHES RESTING ON POWER LINES TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
POWER COMPANIES.

...WINDS...

WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE RAIN
BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FAY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR POLK...HARDEE AND DE SOTO COUNTIES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO
7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF POLK
COUNTY...AS WELL AS EASTERN PORTIONS OF HARDEE AND DE SOTO
COUNTIES.

...TORNADOES...

NOW THAT THE CENTER OF FAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THE
TORNADO RISK HAS LESSENED AND THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 830 PM EDT.

$$

PRC

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