6 PM HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT

[Josephine96]

HURRICANE STATEMENT
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-060100-

HURRICANE HENRI LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
607 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2003

...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HENRI...

...WATCH/WARNING INFORMATION...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

CITRUS HERNANDO
LEVY PASCO
PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH
MANATEE SARASOTA

THIS INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO THE MOUTH OF
THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

...STORM LOCATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS LOCATED ABOUT
90 STATUTE MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TAMPA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE CENTER OF HENRI HAS BEEN
MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT THE OVERALL MOTION IS
TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION...
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
COAST BETWEEN SARASOTA AND FORT MYERS AND INLAND DURING THE EARLY
EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. OTHER BANDS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL MOVE INLAND ALONG THE
COAST FROM AROUND TAMPA BAY NORTH TO CEDAR KEY.

...TORNADO INFORMATION...
ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT
AS TROPICAL STORM HENRI NEARS THE COAST AND THE WIND SHEAR
INCREASES.

...RAINFALL INFORMATION...
RADAR DETECTED RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...BUT WITH POCKETS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES...ALONG THE COAST FROM PUNTA GORDA TO JUST NORTH OF
VENICE AND ALSO AROUND THE SOUTH END OF TAMPA BAY. OTHER AREAS OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WEST OF HERNANDO AND CITRUS COUNTIES.
ELSEWHERE...MOST LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT 0NE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
PAST 3 HOURS.

...RIVER FLOODING...
THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN WILL PUSH ADDITIONAL RIVERS INTO FLOOD ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. RESIDENTS ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR FLOODING OVER THE WEEKEND. FURTHER RIVER INFORMATION AND
FORECASTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (CLICK ON THE HYDROLOGY LINK).

...WIND...
BUOY 42036...WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE
TROPICAL STORM...REPORTED NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 26 MPH GUSTING
TO 31 MPH WITH SEAS OF 7 FEET AT 5 PM. WINDS OVER THE GULF AWAY FROM
THE CENTER OF HENRI WILL RANGE UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THE STRONGER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND ACROSS THE BAYS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING. FURTHER INLAND
THE WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH.

...SURGE INFORMATION...
CURRENT GULF OF MEXICO TIDES REMAIN ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. AS
TROPICAL STORM HENRI CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE COAST...WATER
LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RISE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. A STORM
SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER AROUND
THE TIME OF LANDFALL TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG
PORTIONS OF THE COAST...INCLUDING AROUND TAMPA BAY. INCREASING WINDS
WILL CAUSE SEA SPAY TO WASH OVER SEA WALLS AND CAUSEWAYS.

...MARINE AND RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
SEAS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS THE TROPICAL STORM
APPROACHES THE COAST. SEAS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED
8 FEET BY TONIGHT. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...THE
INCREASED SEAS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

...NEXT ISSUANCE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM HENRI LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN 9 PM EDT. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON HENRI...SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE).

$$
RKR

[Rainband]

Just makes my point more valid..LOOK at the radar!!! Where is the rain??????? :o