[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
831 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFF
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. THERE IS NO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAND AREAS
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED ALONG WITH SITUATION
OVERVIEW.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR
THE SOUTH FLORIDA ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM OCEAN REEF TO
JUPITER INLET AND OUT TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BISCAYNE BAY AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.9N...LONGITUDE 73.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 540 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 520 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT LAUDERDALE FL. STORM MOTION WAS WEST-
NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 115 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 200
MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.

AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN CONCERN WITH HURRICANE IRENE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS MARINE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY ROUGH SEAS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS. ALONG THE COAST...THE
MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE HAZARDOUS SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE
SEVERE BEACH EROSION...PARTICULARLY ALONG COASTAL PALM BEACH
COUNTY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN
SQUALLS OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ARE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

&&

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

AMZ650-651-670-671-251245-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
831 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS GENERALLY
SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS
TIME IS AROUND 55 PERCENT. THIS IS A DOWNWARD TREND FROM PREVIOUS
FORECASTS.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IS STILL PRESENT. THE LATEST FORECAST
IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE
THURSDAY EVENING AND MAINLY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS WITH THE
GREATEST THREAT OFF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

SEAS ACROSS THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
WILL STEADILY BUILD LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PEAK THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN STEADILY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL MOST LIKELY BE EXPERIENCED OVER
THE ADJACENT PALM BEACH COUNTY COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE
THURSDAY NIGHT PERIOD IN THE 10 TO 15 FOOT RANGE. MARINERS MUST
KEEP IN MIND THAT INDIVIDUAL WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH UP TO TWICE
THESE WAVE HEIGHTS.

$$

AMZ630-FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-251245-
/O.CON.KMFL.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BISCAYNE BAY-METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
831 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...MAIN IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME REMAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST IN THE FORM OF HIGH SURF, RIP
CURRENTS, AND POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION....

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF EITHER TROPICAL STORM OR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT
IN EFFECT...NOR ARE THEY LIKELY UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE. HOWEVER...DO EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE BREEZY
TO WINDY RANGE FROM EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH THE THURSDAY EVENING
PERIOD ALONG WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE IN RAIN
SQUALLS MAINLY NORTH OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY ALONG THE COAST. AT THIS
TIME...REMAIN CALM AND STAY INFORMED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO STORM SURGE IMPACT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MAIN
IMPACTS ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BE INCREASING SURF BEGINNING
TONIGHT...PEAKING THURSDAY...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH
FRIDAY. MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL BECOME A
POSSIBILITY THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS A RESULT...MAINLY ALONG THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. THIS WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY FOR THESE BEACHES THURSDAY.

$$






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