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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM
THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS...

.AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 240 MILES WEST
OF KEY WEST.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV
WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE
LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST
TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 960 MB OR 28.35 INCHES.

GMZ032-054-074-075-011345-
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GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
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-
934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER
OUTAGES.

...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
WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE
LOWER KEYS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL
ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY
STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO
POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE
LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE
LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN
PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING...

AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM.

...WINDS...

FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE
DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING
AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND
OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS
BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE
DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL
OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS.
ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS
GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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MONROE LOWER KEYS-
934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER
OUTAGES.

...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
WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE
LOWER KEYS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL
ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY
STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO
POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE
LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE
LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN
PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING...

AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM.

...WINDS...

FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE
DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING
AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND
OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS
BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE
DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL
OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS.
ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS
GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011345-
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY-
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-
934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER
OUTAGES.

...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
WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE
LOWER KEYS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL
ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY
STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO
POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE
LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE
LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN
PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING...

AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM.
AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM.

...WINDS...

FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE
DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING
AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND
OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS
BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE
DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL
OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS.
ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS
GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
REGION.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE
GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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