[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES UPDATED IMPACTS FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND
ATLANTIC WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THE UPDATED POSITION OF
HURRICANE IRENE AS OF 11 PM...AND RECENT WIND AND SEA OBSERVATIONS.

THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...IMPACTS
FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS A
RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF VERO BEACH FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE 115 MPH...AND IRENE CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 942 MB OR 27.82 INCHES

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COAST LATE THIS EVENING...CURRENTLY AROUND 200 MILES
OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL. THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE HAS
CHANGED LITTLE AND THE STORM IS STILL FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHWARDS
PARALLEL WITH THE COAST INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY LATER
TODAY.

DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES WITH BREAKING
WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG
AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE
WEEKEND. LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE
PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES. EVERYONE IS
STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF.

THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE NORTH OF
VERO BEACH WHILE ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO PUSH OFFSHORE ALONG THE
TREASURE COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE
COAST WITHIN THESE RAINBANDS. OUTSIDE OF RAIN SQUALLS...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS MAINLY ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.

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

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT
SECURED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF INTO THE WEEKEND. TO DO SO WOULD GREATLY
RISK YOUR LIFE.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS THAT CAN BLOW OUTDOOR LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS INTO THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270400-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 39 KNOTS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AT BUOY 41009 LATE THIS EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY
OCCURRING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010
LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL IS REPORTING
WIND GUSTS UP TO 56 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY LATER TODAY.

SEAS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WITH BUOYS
41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST
CONTINUING TO REPORT SEAS AROUND 10 FEET. BUOY 41009 IS REPORTING
SEAS OF 22 FEET. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BY MID MORNING AROUND
25 TO 30 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 15 TO 18 FEET CLOSER TO
SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270400-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN RAINBANDS THROUGH
THIS MORNING...

...WINDS...
AS THE CENTER OF IRENE CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARDS...THE FLOW ACROSS
THE REGION WILL SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL
BECOME WEST OVER THE TREASURE COAST BY DAYBREAK. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 95 OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF
ANY RAIN SQUALLS. WINDS ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL
COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT
STILL BREEZY...AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...DIMINISHING
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST BY LATE MORNING AND EVENTUALLY THE
REMAINDER OF COASTAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE DAY AS IRENE
PULLS FURTHER AWAY.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE STRONGER WIND
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
IRENE HAS CONTINUED TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARDS OFFSHORE...AND
SEAS ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT
THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND
LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL
BE HIGHEST DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE
AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING
SURF. LARGE BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN
EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS
PIERS AND JETTIES COULD ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK.

$$

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