[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
915 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FAY CONTINUES SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR
SEMINOLE... ORANGE...VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL MID AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INLAND
COUNTIES WITHIN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EXCEPT OKEECHOBEE...BUT WILL
LIKELY BE CANCELED LATER THIS MORNING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR VOLUSIA AND BREVARD
COUNTIES... AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS...BUT WILL LIKELY BE
CANCELED LATER THIS MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.4 WEST OR JUST WEST OF
GAINESVILLE FLORIDA.

FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE CROSSING THE
NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY...THEN MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE
COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.


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INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
915 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

...NEW INFORMATION...STRONGER WIND GUSTS HAVE SLOWLY DECREASED ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA. HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS LAKE
ORANGE SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
FAY FINALLY BEGAN TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST THIS MORNING. AS FAY
CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA TODAY...STEADY RAINS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN. HOWEVER...THE
THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS STILL HIGH AS MOST AREAS REMAIN
SATURATED FROM RECORD RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.

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

...INLAND FLOODING...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL REDEVELOP
TODAY WITHIN THE LINGERING TROPICAL AIRMASS ON THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF FAYS CIRCULATION. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
AGAIN EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AS RAIN BANDS FORM
OVER THE GULF AND WESTERN PENINSULA AND MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST.
WHILE LONG LASTING HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT AS LIKELY AS RECENT
DAYS... SEVERAL PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH
MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOOD CONCERNS ACROSS AREAS SATURATED
EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...HOWEVER COVERAGE
OF THESE HIGH TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. ALTHOUGH
FAY IS MOVING AWAY...REMAIN ALERT AND READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF
ADDITIONAL
FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT. BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCAL FLOODING...
INCLUDING STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS... OVERFLOWING RETENTION
PONDS...AND POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OR WORSENING OF HIGH WATER
IMPACTS WITHIN SOME AREAS WHICH WERE INUNDATED OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS.


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


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SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
915 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...STRONGER WIND GUSTS HAVE SLOWLY DECREASED ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA. HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS LAKE
ORANGE SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
FAY FINALLY BEGAN TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST THIS MORNING. AS FAY
CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA TODAY...STEADY RAINS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN. HOWEVER...THE
THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS STILL HIGH AS MOST AREAS REMAIN
SATURATED FROM RECORD RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

...WINDS...
WINDS WILL BE NOTICEABLY LESS TODAY COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS.
HOWEVER...A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR IN
SQUALLS FROM OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES NORTHWARD...ESPECIALLY
EARLY TODAY. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
LATER THIS MORNING AS FAY CONTINUES TO EXIT THE REGION.

...INLAND FLOODING...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL REDEVELOP
TODAY WITHIN THE LINGERING TROPICAL AIRMASS ON THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF FAYS CIRCULATION. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
AGAIN EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AS RAIN BANDS FORM
OVER THE GULF AND WESTERN PENINSULA AND MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST.
WHILE LONG LASTING HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT AS LIKELY AS RECENT
DAYS... SEVERAL PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH
MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOOD CONCERNS ACROSS AREAS SATURATED
EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...HOWEVER COVERAGE
OF THESE HIGH TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. ALTHOUGH
FAY IS MOVING AWAY...REMAIN ALERT AND READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF
ADDITIONAL FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT. BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCAL
FLOODING... INCLUDING STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS... OVERFLOWING
RETENTION PONDS...AND POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OR WORSENING OF HIGH
WATER IMPACTS WITHIN SOME AREAS WHICH WERE INUNDATED OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...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-
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-
915 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM FAY IS NOW WELL INLAND NEAR GAINESVILLE AND MOVING
TOWARD THE GULF COAST. WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY
IMPROVE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY.

.

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

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