Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 801 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004
... UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH...
... INTENSIFYING HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL BE A DANGEROUS THREAT TO THE SUNCOAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...
... HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL AREA...
... AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH... POLK... HARDEE... DESOTO... HIGHLANDS... MANATEE... SARASOTA... CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM...
A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA:
CITRUS CHARLOTTE DE SOTO HERNANDO HILLSBOROUGH LEE LEVY MANATEE PASCO PINELLAS SARASOTA INCLUDING... THE COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER... CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND TAMPA BAY.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA:
HARDEE HIGHLANDS POLK SUMTER
... STORM LOCATION... AT 5 AM EDT... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST... OR ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS... AND 280 MILES SOUTH OF TAMPA. CHARLEY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH... AND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTH TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... AND ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AS THE STORM MOVES OUT OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. CHARLEY COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 970 MB... 28.64 INCHES.
... STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... WITH CHARLEY EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY... THEN ACCELERATE... ALONG THE SUNCOAST... THE THREAT OF A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM SURGE IN THE STORM'S SOUTHERN SEMICIRCLE IS GREAT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE HIGHEST SURGE WILL OCCUR FROM THE COUNTIES NEAR TAMPA BAY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY.
A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 13 FEET IS POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL. A STORM SURGE OF 6 TO 9 FEET IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF WHERE CHARLEY MOVES ONSHORE AS THE WINDS COME AROUND TO THE WEST BEHIND THE STORM.
... WIND IMPACTS... CHARLEY IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AND COULD BECOME A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE SUNCOAST ON FRIDAY... WITH WINDS IN THE INNER EYEWALL PERHAPS AT LEAST 130 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER... NO MATTER WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES... CURRENT FORECAST DATA SUGGEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.
... VERY DANGEROUS WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE... ... DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS POSSIBLE...
... STRUCTURAL DAMAGE... THE MAJORITY OF MOBILE HOMES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED NEAR WHERE THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE... INCLUDING PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE AND ROOFS BEING LIFTED OFF. MANY WILL BE UNINHABITABLE. WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSES WILL INCUR MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... SIDING... GUTTERS... AS WELL AS BLOWN OUT WINDOWS.
PARTIAL ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED AT INDUSTRIAL PARKS... ESPECIALLY TO THOSE BUILDINGS WITH LIGHT WEIGHT STEEL AND ALUMINUM COVERINGS. OLDER LOW RISING APARTMENT ROOFS MAY ALSO BE TORN OFF... AS WELL AS RECEIVING SIDING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE. MUCH OF THE GLASS IN HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE... INJURY... AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES.
... NATURAL DAMAGE... ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES WILL BECOME UPROOTED OR SNAP. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP... AND MAJOR DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED TO CITRUS GROVES... INCLUDING NUMEROUS UPROOTED TREES... MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED.
RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY... THEN MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
IN RURAL LOCATIONS... SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL SURPASS BANK FULL FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS.
URBAN AREAS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AND THE STORM SURGE WILL LIMIT EVACUATION OF THE WATER.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RIVERS TO SWELL LONG AFTER THE STORM PASSES. PERSONS LIVING ALONG RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR EVENTS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FORECAST OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 AM EDT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS HURRICANE. HEED ALL EVACUATION ORDERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES... HARDEE POLK
A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS....
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