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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
920 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 PM EDT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WATCHES/WARNINGS UPDATED
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS UPDATED

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINERS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
OF MONROE COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE
COUNTY.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA KEYS OF
MONROE COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY
FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.5N...LONGITUDE 80.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 130 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FL...OR ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MARATHON FL. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 20 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC HEADED TOWARD THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS
MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES OVER OR NEAR THE
FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS
MORNING...WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE LOWER KEYS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

STORM PREPARATIONS...INCLUDING THE SECURING OF PROPERTY AND BOATS...
SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

THE FOLLOWING FOUR SHELTERS ARE OPEN TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PEOPLE IN
THE KEYS WHO WISH TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO FOR THE STORM...

KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL ON FLAGLER AVENUE IN KEY WEST...
SUGARLOAF SCHOOL ON UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY...
STANLEY SWITLIK SCHOOL IN MARATHON...
CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL IN ISLAMORADA.

IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...ON A BOAT...IN A LOW LYING AREA...OR
ARE HOMELESS...YOU ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO GO TO A SHELTER FOR
YOUR OWN SAFETY. A BOAT IS NO PLACE TO BE IN A HURRICANE.

KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON AIRPORT ARE
CLOSED.

THE PORT OF KEY WEST IS CLOSED.

ALL FEDERAL...STATE...COUNTY...AND MUNICIPAL PARKS AND BEACHES ARE
CLOSED.

ALL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TO
EVERYONE MONDAY. SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TO STUDENTS TUESDAY. COUNTY
AND MUNICIPAL GARBAGE PICKUP IS CANCELED MONDAY...SO RESIDENTS ARE
ASKED TO NOT PLACE REFUSE CONTAINERS OUTSIDE RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES.

CITY BUSES WILL NOT BE RUNNING SUNDAY...AND CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
ISAAC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 12 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ076>078-GMZ031>034-042>044-052>055-072>075-261630-
/O.CON.KKEY.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS-
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO
5 FATHOMS-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT
AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS-
GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT
TO THE REEF-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF
HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
920 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS UPDATED.
PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS UPDATED
WINDS UPDATED
WINDS AND SEAS UPDATED
TORNADOES UPDATED

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

STORM PREPARATIONS...INCLUDING THE SECURING OF PROPERTY AND BOATS...
SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 5 PM TODAY.
CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THE FOLLOWING FOUR SHELTERS ARE OPEN TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PEOPLE IN
THE KEYS WHO WISH TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO FOR THE STORM...

KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL ON FLAGLER AVENUE IN KEY WEST...
SUGARLOAF SCHOOL ON UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY...
STANLEY SWITLIK SCHOOL IN MARATHON...
CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL IN ISLAMORADA.

IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...ON A BOAT...IN A LOW LYING AREA...OR
ARE HOMELESS...YOU ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO GO TO A SHELTER FOR
YOUR OWN SAFETY. A BOAT IS NO PLACE TO BE IN A HURRICANE.

KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON AIRPORT ARE
CLOSED.

THE PORT OF KEY WEST IS CLOSED.

ALL FEDERAL...STATE...COUNTY...AND MUNICIPAL PARKS AND BEACHES ARE
CLOSED.

ALL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TO
EVERYONE MONDAY. SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TO STUDENTS ON TUESDAY.
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GARBAGE PICKUP IS CANCELED MONDAY...SO RESIDENTS
ARE ASKED TO NOT PLACE REFUSE CONTAINERS OUTSIDE RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES.

CITY BUSES WILL NOT BE RUNNING SUNDAY...AND CITY OF KEY WEST OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND 12
PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS
TIME IS IN EXCESS OF 95 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
TRAVEL ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS BECOMING UNSAFE. SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO CROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
OVERSPREADING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...HAWK CHANNEL... AND FLORIDA BAY
...AND WILL EXTEND INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. NEARSHORE WATERS WILL BE EXTREMELY ROUGH...AND SEAS IN
DEEP WATER BEYOND THE REEF AND IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BUILD UP TO
15 TO 20 FEET OR HIGHER LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
GIVEN THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECAST OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...
EXPECT MAXIMUM STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IN
THE UPPER AND MIDDLE KEYS...WITH 2 TO 4 FEET POSSIBLE IN THE
LOWER KEYS.

THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDES AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL ARE AT
527 PM THIS EVENING AND 542 AM MONDAY.

THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDES AT BOOT KEY HARBOR BRIDGE ARE AT
629 PM THIS EVENING AND 544 AM MONDAY.

THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDES AT KEY WEST HARBOR ARE AT
732 PM THIS EVENING AND 647 AM MONDAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA
KEYS. EXPECT FLOODING AND STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS FROM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...AS WELL AS MODERATE
FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STANDING WATER ON THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

...TORNADOES...
ALTHOUGH THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT...AT THIS TIME THE TORNADO
THREAT IS LOW FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SURROUNDING WATERS. TORNADO
POTENTIAL MAY INCREASE WITHIN SPIRAL RAIN BANDS AS THE LARGE
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THIS
AFTERNOON.

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