[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Thu Aug 21 03:06:18 CDT 2008

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
405 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...TROPICAL STORM FAY DRIFTING NORTHWEST JUST OFFSHORE VOLUSIA
COUNTY COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WITHIN
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES.

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INLAND
COUNTIES WITHIN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EXCEPT OKEECHOBEE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA...BREVARD...
INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC
WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 20
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH.

FAY HAS BEEN DRIFTING NORTHWEST OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND
A SLOW NORTHWEST TO WEST NORTHWEST MOTION IS FORECAST TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS BEFORE THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES BACK ONSHORE...FOLLOWED BY A
WEAKENING TREND LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE CENTER TRACKS INLAND.

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
405 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF BREVARD COUNTY...
...HIGH WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL SPREAD INLAND TODAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
BANDS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE CONTINUED TO ROTATE ACROSS EASTERN
ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 11 PM. AS
FAY TRACKS SLOWLY INLAND TODAY...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH TO EXTREME ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AS
ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS FORM NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE STORM CENTER.

WEATHER RADARS ARE INDICATING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AT A FEW
THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ALONG AND OFFSHORE VOLUISA AND
BREVARD COUNTIES. A FEW WIND GUSTS OF THIS INTENSITY WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST IN SQUALLS. IF GUSTS
OF THIS STRENGTH REACH THE GROUND...THEY WILL BE THE STRONGEST YET
ASSOCIATED WITH FAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND WILL PRODUCE
LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...
BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
AT 345 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUING TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY AND ACROSS EASTERN ORANGE AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO
FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE.

ADDITIONALLY...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND TO EXPAND
OR EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWARD LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH BREVARD
COUNTY. PREVIOUSLY FLOODED AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN...EVEN IN
ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE FRIDAY. EVEN FAR FROM THE
CENTER AND AFTER PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL STORM...CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST
FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAIN RATES. RESIDENTS
THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN
CONCERNING THE FLOOD THREAT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE
TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CIRCULATION
CENTER OF FAY...ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHERN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY
FROM OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES NORTHWARD. A FEW WIND GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY WITHIN
SQUALLS NEAR THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COAST. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH
ACROSS INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...WINDS WILL BE
SOMEWHAT LOWER BUT STILL WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH OF
40 MPH IN SQUALLS. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO LESSEN BY LATE TODAY AS
FAY MOVES FARTHER INLAND AND WEAKENS.

...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A LOW THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS VOLUSIA
AND LAKE COUNTIES TODAY. IF A TORNADO DOES DEVELOP...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF
AND SHORT LIVED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL.
STORM TIDE WATERS MAY RUN 2 TO 3 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL NEAR THE TIME
OF HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON. STORM SURGE CONCERNS WILL BE
HIGHEST ALONG THE NORTHERN VOLUSIA COAST...WHERE CONTINUED ONSHORE
WINDS ARE CREATING LONG DURATION POUNDING SURF. SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION REMAINS A CONCERN.

THE EFFECTS OF STORM TIDE WATERS WILL BE MINIMAL SOUTH OF CAPE
CANAVERAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
STORM FAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE
THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV
AND THEN CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
405 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
FAY HAS BEEN DRIFTING NORTHWEST JUST OFFSHORE THE VOLUSIA COUNTY
COAST.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS PERSIST IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC AS FAY
REMAINS JUST OFFSHORE. BUOY 41009 HAS BEEN REPORTING GUSTS BETWEEN 40
AND 45 KNOTS DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. SEAS ARE OVER 10 FEET
EXCEPT NEAR THE COAST FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTHWARD WHERE HEIGHTS
WERE 4 TO 6 FEET. NUMEROUS SQUALLS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
ARE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AS CONDITIONS TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
405 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HIGH WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL SPREAD INLAND TODAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
BANDS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE CONTINUED TO ROTATE ACROSS EASTERN
ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 11 PM. AS
FAY TRACKS SLOWLY INLAND TODAY...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH TO EXTREME ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AS
ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS FORM NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE STORM CENTER.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING INLAND COUNTIES...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...AND
WESTERN VOLUSIA.