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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR STRENGTHENING WHILE DRIFTING SLOWLY
NORTHWESTWARD...

.NEW INFORMATION...
ARTHUR HAS STRENGTHENED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND MOST
INTENSE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN OFFSHORE
OVER THE ATLANTIC...WITH A FEW SHOWER BANDS OCCASIONALLY MOVING
ONSHORE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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

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

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR MARTIN COUNTY...IMPACTS FROM ARTHUR ARE STILL A CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.8N...LONGITUDE 79.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 80 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF
VERO BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE
FL. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 2 MPH. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST TO
NORTH-NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST. THIS WILL KEEP SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OFF THE COAST. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH
ARTHUR REMAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 60 MPH AND BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY
OCCUR IN THESE SQUALLS. REPEATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT
IN LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER OR TEMPORARY FLOODING OF POORLY
DRAINED LOWER LYING AREAS.

THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF FLOODING RAIN FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH A MUCH LOWER THREAT FOR THE
INTERIOR COUNTIES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY IN COASTAL AREAS WHERE SHOWERS AND HEAVIER STORMS
OR SQUALLS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ALONG THE
COAST AND OVER THE ATLANTIC.

AT AREA BEACHES...BUILDING SURF COUPLED WITH AN INCREASING RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE FOR UNSAFE SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. PASSING SQUALLS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO CAUSE
LOOSE AND LIGHTER WEIGHT BEACH OBJECTS TO BLOW ABOUT.

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

FOR MARINE INTERESTS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR THOSE COASTAL AREAS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH...CONTINUE
WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR
WARNINGS FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS OR FLOODING FROM SQUALLS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-020600-
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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-
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

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

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

INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND JUPITER
INLET TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT...AND SECURE SMALL CRAFT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM WINDS OVER THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS ARE
FORECAST TO PEAK OUT AT 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS...
ESPECIALLY IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET
NEAR SHORE AND 9 TO 12 FEET WELL OFFSHORE...EVEN A LITTLE HIGHER
WITHIN SQUALLS.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS.

$$

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

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

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

SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY WIND
GUST OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER. LISTEN TO THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECASTS
AND BE PREPARED TO ACT TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF ANY WARNINGS
FOR FLOODING OR HIGH WIND GUSTS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR PASSES NEARBY...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD NOT INCREASE. HOWEVER...AS
ARTHUR MOVES ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...IT
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
WINDY NEAR THE COAST. WHILE THE LATEST FORECAST KEEPS SUSTAINED
WINDS BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE...SQUALL BANDS WILL PRODUCE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3
INCHES CLOSE TO THE COAST WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS SUCH...THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT
FOR HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
PASSING RAIN BANDS.

$$

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MARTIN-
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...WHILE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT... HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS FROM ARTHUR WILL STILL IMPACT THE AREA...

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

IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY....SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
WHICH COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH.
LISTEN TO THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO ACT
IF ANY ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS FOR FLOODING OR HIGH WIND GUSTS ARE
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

&&

...WINDS...
WHILE TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT...
GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL OCCUR WITH BANDS OF SQUALLS OR STORMS
THAT BRUSH THE COAST OR PUSH OFFSHORE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITHIN RAIN BANDS PRODUCING
LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES AND CAUSING FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

$$







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