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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1108 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS APALACHEE BAY
AND AWAY FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

.THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF
TALLAHASSEE. FAY IS MOVING WEST AT AROUND 8 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. FAY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

GMZ850-870-230415-
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TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
1108 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE CENTER OF FAY
MOVES FURTHER WEST ACROSS APALACHEE BAY. WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST TO
AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH SUSTAINED VALUES NEAR 25 KNOTS NEAR CEDAR KEY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT GUSTY WINDS...WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND VALUES AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS...AND 6 TO 10
FOOT SEAS WILL BE COMMON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CONDITIONS DROPPING
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA BY EARLY SUNDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM FAY.

$$

FLZ039-042-048-230415-
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LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL
1108 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS CONTINUE TO
GUST TO AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS FROM CITRUS COUNTY NORTHWARD...AND
BETWEEN 15 TO 20 KNOTS FARTHER SOUTH.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FAY HAS MOVED FAR ENOUGH NORTHWEST OF THE
AREA TO DROP THE WARNING GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
POSSIBILITY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. AREAS OF SLOP OVER AND MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH ONSHORE SOUTHWEST
FLOW LINGERING. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND HIGH SURF THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS FROM WRAP-AROUND RAIN BANDS
ASSOCIATED WITH FAY MAY STILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 OR 40
MPH SATURDAY...AND RESIDENTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHERWISE SATURATED AREAS.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM FAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK THE MAXIMUM EXPECTED STORM SURGE IS
GENERALLY 2 TO 4 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY AS WINDS CONTINUE OUT OF
THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS MUST BE ADDED TO
THESE SURGE VALUES TO DETERMINE TOTAL STORM TIDE LEVELS. TOTAL
STORM TIDE OR WATER LEVELS WILL BE THE HIGHEST AROUND THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE. AS THIS WILL BE THE FINAL HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ON
TROPICAL STORM FAY...SEE THE LATEST COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS ON THE UNFOLDING SURGE AND HIGH SURF.

HERE ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES FROM SELECTED
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA...

CEDAR KEY...

SATURDAY...HIGH TIDE 6:06 AM EDT...4.2 FEET.

WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...

SATURDAY...6:13 AM EDT...3.8 FEET.

BAYPORT...

SATURDAY...6:03 AM EDT...3.5 FEET.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE
STRONGER RAIN BANDS AND IN THE VICINITY OF HEAVY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH 1 TO 2
INCHES ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. EVENT
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

...TORNADOES...

THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LOW TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY...THE TORNADO
THREAT MAY INCREASE TO MODERATE AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM FAY.

$$

FLZ043-230415-
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SUMTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES
1108 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY MAY GENERATE WIND
GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY IF HEAVY RAIN
BEGINS IN THEIR AREA DUE TO NEAR SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA...FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN CONVECTIVE BANDS SATURDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

...TORNADOES...

THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LOW TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY...THE TORNADO
THREAT MAY INCREASE TO MODERATE AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM FAY.

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