[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO BEYOND DRY TORTUGAS...
.AT 2 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 205 MILES SOUTH OF
KEY WEST.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AND THEN EMERGE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY ON
SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GUSTAV COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FIVE
HURRICANE SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER CROSSING WESTERN CUBA.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 945 MB...OR 27.91 INCHES.
GMZ054-074-075-311845-
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WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
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-
234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE
INFORMATION.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT
5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS
PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION.
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT
JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE
TRAFFIC.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER
ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN
SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN
ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL
WATERS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS
GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...
AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...
10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...
9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY
TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH
OR GREATER.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS.
THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
FLZ078-311845-
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MONROE LOWER KEYS-
234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE
INFORMATION.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE
EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT
5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS
PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION.
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT
JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE
TRAFFIC.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER
ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN
SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN
ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL
WATERS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS
GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...
AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...
10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...
9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY
TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH
OR GREATER.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS.
THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-311845-
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY-
GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 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-
234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE
INFORMATION.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT
5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS
PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION.
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT
JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE
TRAFFIC.
...MARINE IMPACTS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER
ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN
SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN
ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL
WATERS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS
GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...
AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...
10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...
10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...
9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY
TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH
OR GREATER.
...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS.
THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
$$
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