TS BONNIE: NWS Local Statements

[Chacor]

How about a thread for the local statements issued by each of the NWS offices?

Here's the most recent one (9:25 pm EDT) from WFO Key West:
WTUS82 KKEY 230125
HLSKEY

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
925 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MONROE UPPER KEYS...MONROE MIDDLE KEYS AND MONROE LOWER KEYS.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 N...LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. THIS WAS ABOUT 385 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KEY
WEST FLORIDA. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND THE
WATERS NORTH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
SURROUNDING WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN STRAITS LATE
FRIDAY MORNING...IN THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND NOON AND THEN IN THE
LOWER KEYS AND MIDDLE KEYS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.
UPDATE TO LOWER STORM SURGE.

.WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY OVERSPREAD THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND
NOON FRIDAY...AND THEN OVERSPREAD THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS DURING
THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR
ITEMS...INCLUDING UMBRELLAS...SMALL POTTED PLANTS AND SOME FURNITURE
MAY BE BLOWN AROUND DECKS...BALCONIES AND PATIOS. TREE BRANCHES MAY
PULL DOWN ELECTRICAL SERVICE LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.

.STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED. HIGH TIDES ON FRIDAY ALONG
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM FRIDAY
MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM FRIDAY EVENING.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

.TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

.MARINE IMPACTS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS MAY IMPACT THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS LATE
FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN PROGRESS WESTWARD ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF
KEYS WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE OR PLANNED FOR RESIDENTS OR
VISITORS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. HOWEVER...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. FOR INTERESTS
AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED
PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL
CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR
SECURING YOUR CRAFT. NOTE THAT SNAKE CREEK BRIDGE MAY NOT OPEN FOR
MARINE VESSELS FRIDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
BE WELL SECURED. MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN IN-COUNTY SHELTERING FOR ANYONE FEELING A NEED
TO RELOCATE TO A MORE PROTECTED LOCATION. TWO SHELTERS ARE
OPEN...INCLUDING KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE AND
STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY NEAR MILE MARKER 49 IN MARATHON. FOR UPPER
KEYS RESIDENTS...BUS TRANSPORTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM CORAL
SHORES HIGH SCHOOL NEAR MILE MARKER 90 ON PLANTATION KEY AT 1000 PM
TO TAKE PEOPLE TO SWITLIK. ALL KEYS STATE PARKS AND DRY TORTUGAS
NATIONAL PARK WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PORT OF KEY
WEST IS CLOSED FRIDAY. KEY WEST AND MARATHON AIRPORTS ARE TO REMAIN
OPEN...UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS DICTATE UNSAFE FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

&&

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

[tronbunny]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
905 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-231000-
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-
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
905 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT OVER THE SOUTHERN AND
OFFSHORE WATERS FOR EAST NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20
KNOTS OVERNIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE
NEARSHORE WATERS OF BREVARD COUNTY FOR WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS
ON FRIDAY AND SHOULD BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
TO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC
WATERS. ONSHORE WIND GUSTS WILL BE MORE NOTICEABLE AT THE
IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE OCCASIONAL RAIN SQUALLS CONTAINING WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...MAINLY
SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE BREVARD COAST...
WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WITH UP TO FOUR
INCHES POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES.
LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE FORECAST TO THE NORTH...WITH UP TO TWO
INCHES POSSIBLE IN INDIAN RIVER AND BREVARD COUNTIES. LESS THAN
AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM METRO ORLANDO NORTH AND WEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

$$

[Chacor]

Latest from New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA:
WTUS84 KLIX 230948
HLSLIX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
448 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TANGIPAHOA...ST. TAMMANY...
ASSUMPTION...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...UPPER LAFOURCHE...ST.
CHARLES...UPPER JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER
ST. BERNARD...UPPER TERREBONNE...LOWER TERREBONNE...LOWER
LAFOURCHE...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST.
BERNARD...HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.1N...LONGITUDE 78.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 820 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LA...OR ABOUT 790 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE LA. THE STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295
DEGREES AT 18 MPH. THE STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR INLAND LOCATIONS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGH WIND...BUT FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS AND PLACES PRONE TO
COASTAL FLOODING...THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH HIGH WIND AND
STORM SURGE.

FOR THE MARINE WATERS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH WIND AND DANGEROUS SEAS. TROPICAL
CYCLONES ARE COMPRISED OF HURRICANES...TROPICAL STORMS... AND
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS. TROPICAL STORMS HAVE WINDS OF 39 TO 73
MPH...WHICH EQUATES TO 34 TO 63 KNOTS.

HEAVY RAIN...TORNADOES...AND WATERSPOUTS ACCOMPANY TROPICAL
CYCLONES. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS. IN
ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.