My employer is supposed to pay a differential when a hurricane warning is issued. Since the advisory states the warning is for the "Florida East Coast" she is interpreting it to mean the beach area and not the 7-8 miles inland we are and therefore the differential doesn't come into effect.
Where can I show the warning applies to the entire county and not just the beach? Thx.
SW
Silly question re: Warnings
Moderator: S2k Moderators
Forum rules
The posts in this forum are NOT official forecasts and should not be used as such. They are just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. They are NOT endorsed by any professional institution or STORM2K. For official information, please refer to products from the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.
-
StrongWind
- Tropical Storm
- Posts: 241
- Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:02 pm
- Location: Deerfield Beach, FL
Silly question re: Warnings
0 likes
-
StrongWind
- Tropical Storm
- Posts: 241
- Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:02 pm
- Location: Deerfield Beach, FL
7-8 miles inland is not.
-
djti
-
Pebbles
- S2K Supporter
- Posts: 1994
- Joined: Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:42 pm
- Location: New Lenox, IL (SW of Chicago)
The actual counties of PalmBeach and Broward are not under hurricane warnings (though a small section of Palmbeach is and most counties north of them are) but hurricane watches...now if they change that you will see it here.... http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/TampaBayAreaWeather.shtml if/when your entire county goes under a hurricane warning...then you can have it enforced.
0 likes
-
Brent
- S2K Supporter
- Posts: 38266
- Age: 37
- Joined: Sun May 16, 2004 10:30 pm
- Location: Tulsa Oklahoma
- Contact:
TigerMo wrote:Doesn't the local NWS office issue warnings for the inland area? 7 miles inland from the beach is likely to have hurricane force winds if the beach does for tropical cyclone this size/strength. I thought a thread already said NWS Melbourne changed the watch to a warning for inland areas.
Yes. Inland Hurricane Wind Warning.
0 likes
#neversummer
-
KeyLargoDave
- Category 1
- Posts: 423
- Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:03 pm
- Location: 25 05' 80 26'
- Contact:
I think you could strongly argue that it's for entire counties that touch the coast. Look at the wording of the warnings, and it mentions counties.
It's ridiculous for the employer to have the policy but then ignore it for a few miles. If it was a completely inland county, they might have a point, but 7-8 miles does not count as being out of the warning area, IMO.
It's ridiculous for the employer to have the policy but then ignore it for a few miles. If it was a completely inland county, they might have a point, but 7-8 miles does not count as being out of the warning area, IMO.
0 likes
-
wxman57
- Moderator-Pro Met
- Posts: 23080
- Age: 68
- Joined: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:06 pm
- Location: Houston, TX (southwest)
I've always assumed that the warnings are for the entire coastal counties, not just the surf area. A hurricane will lose about half its winds in the first 11-12 hours inland. So hurricane-force winds can carry inland several counties for a strong Cat 2 or weak Cat 3 hurricane. Never heard of a separate hurricane warning for inland of the surf.
0 likes
-
StrongWind
- Tropical Storm
- Posts: 241
- Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:02 pm
- Location: Deerfield Beach, FL
Found this site: http://www.srh.noaa.gov you can click on your met area and get detailed info. Shows I'm still in a watch area 
SW
SW
0 likes
-
Brent
- S2K Supporter
- Posts: 38266
- Age: 37
- Joined: Sun May 16, 2004 10:30 pm
- Location: Tulsa Oklahoma
- Contact:
StrongWind wrote:Found this site: http://www.srh.noaa.gov you can click on your met area and get detailed info. Shows I'm still in a watch area
SW
Correction: As of 5pm... your in the WARNING area(or your coastline is anyway
)
0 likes
#neversummer
-
wxman57
- Moderator-Pro Met
- Posts: 23080
- Age: 68
- Joined: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:06 pm
- Location: Houston, TX (southwest)
NHS page has all of the coastal counties in a hurricane warning:
http://www.srh.weather.gov/mfl/newpage/
However, warnings are supposed to be for hurricane-force winds within 24hrs, which isn't going to happen. The hurricane force winds are closer to 36 hours away.
http://www.srh.weather.gov/mfl/newpage/
However, warnings are supposed to be for hurricane-force winds within 24hrs, which isn't going to happen. The hurricane force winds are closer to 36 hours away.
0 likes
-
HurricaneQueen
- S2K Supporter
- Posts: 1011
- Age: 80
- Joined: Sat Oct 12, 2002 7:36 pm
- Location: No. Naples, Fl (Vanderbilt Beach area)
I just clicked on the link provided by Pebbles (thanks!!!) and found out that Collier County, FL including the city of Naples is under a hurricane warning and a tropical storm watch. This is straight from the NOAA/National Weather Service website. Neither the TWC or our local NBC affiliate has mentioned the warning-just the watch. For those not familar with FL geography, we are on in the SW coast just above the Everglades. The counties above us are not included except for Hendry and Glades (both inland counties). Very strange, indeed.
0 likes
GO FLORIDA GATORS
The Alabama coastal counties and Northwest Florida coastal counties are divided into inland and coastal zones. During Hurricane Ivan, the NWS in Mobile, in the zone forecasts highlighted the Hurricane Warning for both inland and coastal zones. Here is an example.
ALZ061>064-160000-
BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...CITRONELLE...GULF SHORES... MOBILE 400 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT...
Therefore, I interpret the Hurricane Warning to be in effect for the entire county.
ALZ061>064-160000-
BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...CITRONELLE...GULF SHORES... MOBILE 400 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT...
Therefore, I interpret the Hurricane Warning to be in effect for the entire county.
0 likes