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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH
TO SEBASTIAN INLET HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
AND MARINE INTERESTS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND
SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
IS NOW IN EFFECT.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 260 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 310 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT 14 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS 951 MB OR 28.08 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

HURRICANE IRENE IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS
WELL OFFSHORE FROM THE GEORGIA COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS. A WIND ADVISORY
CONTINUES ACROSS LAND AREAS THROUGH 6 PM.

MODERATE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
ATLANTIC WATERS INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK
EXPECTED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.

AMZ550-552-570-572-261930-
/O.CAN.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-
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-
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 25
AND 30 KNOTS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SEAS TO 14
TO 18 FEET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT AS SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
SUBSIDE FURTHER LATER TONIGHT.

$$

FLZ047-141-147-261930-
/O.CAN.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA AND
BREVARD COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. FOR TONIGHT...SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS
OR WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH
EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 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 THROUGH THIS
EVENING. AN EXTREME RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

$$

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