Hurricane Local Statement for IKE

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
608 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE GULF WATERS CANCELED AT THIS TIME...
...RAINBAND AFFECTING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG
WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...

.AT 500 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH, LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES, FLORIDA.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING
IS EXPECTED AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO.


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COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 
20 TO 60 NM-
608 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING CANCELED.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT.
MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO 
BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 60 NM. COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO 
CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL MARINE CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE PORT THE REST OF TODAY
WHILE THE WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.


...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THIS MORNING INTO
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF IKE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME
OF OCCURRENCE OF WATERSPOUTS WILL BE BEFORE NOON TODAY.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO 45
KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING, PARTICULARLY OFFSHORE, BECOMING
20 TO 25 KNOTS DURING THE LATE MORNING. ELSEWHERE, WINDS AROUND 20
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS GUSTS ARE LIKELY MAINLY IN RAIN
BANDS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TODAY. SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS WITH
SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET TODAY SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT IS THE LAST ISSUED RELATED TO HURRICANE IKE. REFER
TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ANY HAZARD FOR
MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

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BISCAYNE BAY-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT
20 NM-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND BROWARD-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND MIAMI DADE-INLAND PALM BEACH-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-MAINLAND MONROE-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
METRO PALM BEACH-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
608 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED ALL AREAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM 
BEACH, GLADES, HENDRY, COLLIER AND  MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES, ALL 
THE ATLANTIC WATERS, BISCAYNE BAY, AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE ATLANTIC
WATERS, BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE PORT THE REST OF TODAY WHILE THE
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

THE TIDE GAGE AT BOTH VIRGINIA KEY ON THE ATLANTIC COAST AND
NAPLES ON THE GULF COAST SHOW TIDES RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL LEVELS. TIDES ARE FORECAST TO RUN 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL,
HIGHEST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND NEAR FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING
THE FLAMINGO AREA. ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST, THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND RESULTING WAVE ACTION
WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
AND POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION. 

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON, EXCEPT AROUND 20 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.


...INLAND FLOODING...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A PERSISTENT RAINBAND ACROSS MAINLAND MONROE
AND COLLIER COUNTIES, INTO THE GREATER NAPLES AREA. THIS RAINBAND
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR.
THIS COULD PRODUCE MINOR URBAN FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS ALONG THE GULF COAST. ELSEWHERE, NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

...TORNADOES...

THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURRING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS FROM IKE. THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL BE BEFORE NOON TODAY ACROSS COLLIER
AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES IN THE PERSISTENT RAINBAND NOW
AFFECTING THESE AREAS.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...

OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY, SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
25 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 15
TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATERS
OFF THE MIAMI-DADE COAST. SEAS OVER THE ATLANTIC TODAY WILL REACH
6 TO 8 FEET, HIGHEST OFF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COAST. SEAS WILL
SUBSIDE TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT.

OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30
KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THIS
AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT IS THE LAST ISSUED RELATED TO HURRICANE IKE. REFER
TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ANY HAZARD FOR
MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

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