[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
553 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE MARINE
WATERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. RAINBANDS SPREADING WEST OVER THE
ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION AND SITUATION OVERVIEW.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FROM 20 NAUTICAL MILES OUT
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL AS THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM DEERFIELD
BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BISCAYNE BAY OR ANY OF THE ADJACENT LAND AREAS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.6N...LONGITUDE 76.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 270 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT LAUDERDALE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST
OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 115 MPH. HURRICANE
IRENE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE OF THE EAST COAST AS IT
PASSES EAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE BAHAMAS...IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE ON A NORTH NORTHWEST TRACK OVER THE BAHAMAS
PASSING APPROXIMATELY 190 MILES EAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE.

AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN CONCERN WITH HURRICANE IRENE IS SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
OFFSHORE WATERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY EXTENDING FROM 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OUT TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS. IN ADDITION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFFSHORE OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.

ALONG THE COAST...THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DANGEROUS SURF...RIP
CURRENTS AND MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION...PARTICULARLY
ALONG COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY
WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS OVER THE COASTAL
SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY
FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT.

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.

AMZ670-261000-
/O.CON.KMFL.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
553 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS WILL
BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SEAS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...PEAK TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEAS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 10 TO 15 FEET. HOWEVER...MARINERS MUST KEEP IN
MIND THAT INDIVIDUAL WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH UP TO TWICE THESE
HEIGHTS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE OUT
OF THE NORTHERLY DIRECTION OPPOSING THE GULF STREAM.

$$

AMZ650-651-671-261000-
/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 DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
553 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 30 TO 45
PERCENT OVER THE NEARSHORE PALM BEACH COUNTY WATERS AND 20 TO 30
PERCENT OVER THE NEARSHORE DADE COUNTY WATERS. FOR THE OFFSHORE
DADE WATERS...THERE IS UP TO A 50 PERCENT CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY MAINLY IN RAIN
SQUALLS.

SEAS WILL STEADILY BUILD TODAY...PEAK TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...THEN STEADILY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEAS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH 9 TO 13 FEET. HOWEVER...MARINERS MUST KEEP IN
MIND THAT INDIVIDUAL WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH UP TO TWICE THESE WAVE
HEIGHTS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE
OUT OF THE NORTHERLY DIRECTION OPPOSING THE GULF STREAM.

$$

AMZ630-FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-261000-
/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-
553 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...MAIN IMPACTS EXPECTED DANGEROUS SURF...RIP CURRENTS...AND
MODERATE BEACH EROSION...

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

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE BREEZY TO WINDY RANGE
THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 45 MPH. THE
HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR THESE GUSTS WILL BE IN RAIN SQUALLS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO STORM SURGE IMPACT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MAIN
IMPACTS ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BE MODERATE TO LARGE SURF
QUICKLY BUILDING TODAY...PEAKING TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 7
TO 10 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS ALONG THE PALM BEACH
COUNTY BEACHES AND 4 TO 6 FEET ALONG THE BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE
COUNTY BEACHES. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH
EROSION...EXCEPT LOCALLY SEVERE EROSION POSSIBLE ALONG THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. AS A RESULT...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES LATER TODAY.

$$





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