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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1145 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 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 270 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 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 ARE 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 962 MB OR 28.41 INCHES.

GMZ032-054-074-075-011545-
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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-
1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER
FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA.

...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...

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED
BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN
ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS.
HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA
AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE.
ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY
REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING
AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL
DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. 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...

OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY
TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A
FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS
GUSTAVE 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 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING
THE DAY. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP
TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...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 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER
FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA.

...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...

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED
BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN
ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS.
HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA
AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE.
ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY
REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING
AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL
DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. 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...

OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY
TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A
FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS
GUSTAVE 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 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS
AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON...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 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011545-
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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-
1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.
UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER
FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA.

...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...

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED
BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN
ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS.
HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA
AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE.
ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY
REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING
AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL
DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. 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...

OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY
TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A
FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS
GUSTAVE 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 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS
AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...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 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

$$

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