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Hurricane Local Statement 2, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this hurricane local statement at Aug 29, 2008, 5:44 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2008, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2008, 7:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WTUS82 KKEY 292144 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 544 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...HURRICANE GUSTAV EXPECTED TO PASS WEST OF THE KEYS SATURDAY NIGHT... .AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT...OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 980 MB OR 28.94 INCHES. GMZ054-074-075-300100- /O.NEW.KKEY.TR.A.0001.080829T2144Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 544 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATE TONGHT. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS SATURDAY THROUGHOUT ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ078-300100- /O.NEW.KKEY.TR.A.1007.080829T2144Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 544 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATE TONGHT. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS SATURDAY THROUGHOUT ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-300100- /O.NEW.KKEY.HU.S.0002.080829T2144Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 544 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATE TONGHT. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS SATURDAY THROUGHOUT ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ RIZZO
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000 WTUS82 KKEY 300018 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS AND DRY TORTUGAS... ...GUSTAV STRENGTHENING AS IT APPROACHES THE CAYMAN ISLANDS... .AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT...OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER WAS 975 MB OR 28.79 INCHES. GMZ054-074-075-300400- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ078-300400- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-300400- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$
000 WTUS82 KKEY 300028 CCA HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 827 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 CORRECTED NEXT HLS ISSUANCE TIME IN ALL SEGMENTS ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS AND DRY TORTUGAS... ...GUSTAV STRENGTHENING AS IT APPROACHES THE CAYMAN ISLANDS... .AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT...OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER WAS 975 MB OR 28.79 INCHES. GMZ054-074-075-300415- /O.COR.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 827 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ078-300415- /O.COR.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 827 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-300415- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 827 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE STORM INFORMATION WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE NEW POSITION AND INTENSITY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS ATLANTIC WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 14 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV ON THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$
000 WTUS82 KKEY 300411 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1211 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT...OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AND GUSTAVE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA. A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 974 MB OR 28.76 INCHES. GMZ075-300730- /O.UPG.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KKEY.TR.W.0002.080830T0411Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 1211 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. WATCHES/WARNINGS UPDATED FOR TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF KEY WEST. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCREASE EXPECTED SATURDAY WINDS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCLUDE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-300730- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1211 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. WATCHES/WARNINGS UPDATED FOR TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF KEY WEST. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCREASE EXPECTED SATURDAY WINDS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCLUDE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-300730- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1211 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. WATCHES/WARNINGS UPDATED FOR TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF KEY WEST. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCREASE EXPECTED SATURDAY WINDS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCLUDE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-300730- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1211 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. WATCHES/WARNINGS UPDATED FOR TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF KEY WEST. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCREASE EXPECTED SATURDAY WINDS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO INCLUDE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM SATURDAY...10:52 PM SATURDAY...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM SATURDAY...9:41 PM SATURDAY...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 300630 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 230 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE OVER WESTERN CUBA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE PLANE INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AND GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 971 MB OR 28.67 INCHES. GMZ075-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 230 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. STORM SURGE UPDATED TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC VALUES FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS. ADDED TORNADO SECTION TO MENTION ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIND SECTION UPDATED TO MENTION TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS LIKELY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. RAINFALL IMPACTS UPDATED TO MENTION POTENTIAL EFFECTS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO SPECIFY STRONGER WINDS WEST OF KEY WEST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 230 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. STORM SURGE UPDATED TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC VALUES FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS. ADDED TORNADO SECTION TO MENTION ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIND SECTION UPDATED TO MENTION TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS LIKELY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. RAINFALL IMPACTS UPDATED TO MENTION POTENTIAL EFFECTS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO SPECIFY STRONGER WINDS WEST OF KEY WEST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 230 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. STORM SURGE UPDATED TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC VALUES FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS. ADDED TORNADO SECTION TO MENTION ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIND SECTION UPDATED TO MENTION TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS LIKELY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. RAINFALL IMPACTS UPDATED TO MENTION POTENTIAL EFFECTS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO SPECIFY STRONGER WINDS WEST OF KEY WEST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 230 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. STORM SURGE UPDATED TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC VALUES FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS. ADDED TORNADO SECTION TO MENTION ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIND SECTION UPDATED TO MENTION TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS LIKELY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. RAINFALL IMPACTS UPDATED TO MENTION POTENTIAL EFFECTS. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED TO SPECIFY STRONGER WINDS WEST OF KEY WEST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 300709 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 309 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE OVER WESTERN CUBA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. RECENT DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE PLANE INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AND GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 969 MB OR 28.61 INCHES. GMZ075-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 309 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS TO 100 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 309 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS TO 100 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 309 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS TO 100 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-301015- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 309 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS TO 100 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 2 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 300912 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 500 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATER TODAY...AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. RECENT SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT GUSTAV IS STRENGTHENING QUICKLY AND IT COULD BECOME A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE AT ANY TIME BEFORE REACHING CUBA. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 965 MB...OR 28.50 INCHES. GMZ075-301315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 5 AM ADVISORY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-301315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 5 AM ADVISORY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-301315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 5 AM ADVISORY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-301315- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 5 AM ADVISORY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 301011 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 611 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 500 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATER TODAY...AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE MAJOR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AS GUSTAV APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA...AND IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 959 MB...OR 28.32 INCHES. GMZ075-301330- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 611 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO UPGRADE GUSTAV TO CATEGORY THREE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-301330- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 611 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO UPGRADE GUSTAV TO CATEGORY THREE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-301330- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 611 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO UPGRADE GUSTAV TO CATEGORY THREE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-301330- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 611 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED TO UPGRADE GUSTAV TO CATEGORY THREE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 301316 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 915 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 800 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 295 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV HAS JOGGED TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO SOON RESUME A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATER TODAY...AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE MAJOR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. GUSTAV COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ON WESTERN CUBA...AND IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 955 MB...OR 28.20 INCHES. GMZ075-311315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 915 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR LOCATION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS BY LATE TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-311315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 915 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR LOCATION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS BY LATE TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-311315- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 915 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR LOCATION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS BY LATE TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-311315- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 915 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR LOCATION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV. HOWEVER...NO MAJOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TODAY. TONIGHT...ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH NUMEROUS SQUALLS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. WEST OF KEY WEST TO THE DRY TORTUGAS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...MOST LIKELY OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LOWER KEYS BY LATE TODAY. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 37 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 74 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 301644 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1237 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO BEYOND DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 1100 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE MAJOR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. GUSTAV COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ON WESTERN CUBA...AND IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 954 MB...OR 28.17 INCHES. FLZ078-311645- /O.UPG.KKEY.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KKEY.TR.W.1007.080830T1637Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1237 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE SHELTER INFORMATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS LESS THAN A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS LESS THAN A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 9 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AT AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-074-311645- /O.UPG.KKEY.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1237 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE SHELTER INFORMATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS LESS THAN A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS LESS THAN A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 9 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AT AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ075-311645- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 1237 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE SHELTER INFORMATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS LESS THAN A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS LESS THAN A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 9 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AT AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-311645- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1237 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR LOCATION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE SHELTER INFORMATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS LESS THAN A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS LESS THAN A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 9 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED AT AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 301837 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO BEYOND DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 2 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 205 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND THEN EMERGE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GUSTAV COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER CROSSING WESTERN CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 945 MB...OR 27.91 INCHES. GMZ054-074-075-311845- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE INFORMATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-311845- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE INFORMATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031>033-052-053-072-073-311845- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 234 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO INSERT CLOSURE INFORMATION. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE IN THE LOWER KEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER INFORMATION. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC AND GULF SIDE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 10:43 AM TODAY...11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:14 AM TODAY...10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:03 AM TODAY...9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 46 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 21 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 8 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 302218 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO BEYOND DRY TORTUGAS AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM... ...TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 5 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL BE NEAR WESTERN CUBA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND THEN EMERGE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 150 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GUSTAV COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER CROSSING WESTERN CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 942 MB...OR 27.82 INCHES. GMZ032-312215- /O.CAN.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ..TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ054-075-312215- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ..TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-312215- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ074-312215- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-052-053-312215- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH. UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ033-072-073-312215- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 615 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS TO INSERT TORNADO WATCH UPDATED STORM SURGE FOR DRY TORTUGAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BECAME AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER AT 5 PM. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL PARK IS NOW CLOSED. THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR INCREASING SQUALLS ON ALL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO ITS WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS A 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS AN 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 310036 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 800 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL EMERGE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND REACH THE NORTHERN GULF ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 150 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS WITH AN OVERALL SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REACH CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY DURING THIS PERIOD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AS GUSTAV WAS MAKING LANDFALL WAS 941 MB...OR 27.79 INCHES. GMZ032-054-075-310415- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO ADD SOME DETAILS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS. UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO ADD DESCRIPTION OF THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL...LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS AN 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-310415- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO ADD SOME DETAILS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS. UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO ADD DESCRIPTION OF THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL...LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS AN 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ074-310415- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO ADD SOME DETAILS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS. UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO ADD DESCRIPTION OF THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL...LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS AN 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-052-053-310415- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO ADD SOME DETAILS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS. UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO ADD DESCRIPTION OF THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL...LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS AN 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ033-072-073-310415- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 836 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO ADD SOME DETAILS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EFFECTS. UPDATED TORNADO SECTION TO ADD DESCRIPTION OF THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL...LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TURN SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AT THIS TIME. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:52 PM TONIGHT...10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:41 PM TONIGHT...9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS TONIGHT. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... FOR KEY WEST...THERE IS A 36 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MARATHON...THERE IS AN 11 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. FOR MIAMI...THERE IS A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED WINDS 39 MPH OR GREATER. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 310308 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS... .AT 11 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY...AND THEN MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WHILE GUSTAV HAS WEAKENED DURING PASSAGE OVER CUBA...IT IS FORECAST TO RE- INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT MOVES OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AFTER THAT TIME...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGH LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT RECENTLY REPORTED 10-MINUTE WINDS OF 51 MPH...WITH A GUST TO 67 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 948 MB...OR 27.99 INCHES. GMZ032-054-075-310715- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE TO ADD DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FOR THE KEYS. UPDATED WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO INDICATE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL TOTALS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-310715- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE TO ADD DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FOR THE KEYS. UPDATED WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO INDICATE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL TOTALS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ074-310715- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE TO ADD DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FOR THE KEYS. UPDATED WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO INDICATE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL TOTALS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-052-053-310715- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE TO ADD DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FOR THE KEYS. UPDATED WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO INDICATE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL TOTALS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ033-072-073-310715- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1108 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 11 PM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS FOR OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE TO ADD DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FOR THE KEYS. UPDATED WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO INDICATE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL TOTALS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS TONIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN NUMEROUS SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:21 PM TONIGHT...11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEYS OVERNIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 310627 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 227 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 170 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY...AND THEN MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WHILE GUSTAV HAS WEAKENED DURING ITS PASSAGE OVER CUBA...IT IS FORECAST TO RE-INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT MOVES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AFTER THAT TIME...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGH LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. A NOAA C-MAN OBSERVATION SITE AT PULASKI SHOAL IN THE FLORIDA KEYS RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 62 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE AS ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER OBSERVATIONS IS 958 MB OR 28.29 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-075-311030- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 227 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO REFLECT LATEST CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE SINCE OVERNIGHT HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED. UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SPEEDS SLIGHTLY AND GIVE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THE LOWER KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO REDUCE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. UPDATED TORNADOES TO REDUCE THE REMAINING THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS OVERNIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN HEAVY SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD HAS PASSED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR LATER THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SINCE SATURDAY EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-311030- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 227 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO REFLECT LATEST CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE SINCE OVERNIGHT HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED. UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SPEEDS SLIGHTLY AND GIVE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THE LOWER KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO REDUCE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. UPDATED TORNADOES TO REDUCE THE REMAINING THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS OVERNIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN HEAVY SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD HAS PASSED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR LATER THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SINCE SATURDAY EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-311030- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 227 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 2 AM ADVISORY. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO REFLECT LATEST CONDITIONS. UPDATED STORM SURGE SINCE OVERNIGHT HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED. UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SPEEDS SLIGHTLY AND GIVE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THE LOWER KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS. UPDATED RAINFALL TO REDUCE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. UPDATED TORNADOES TO REDUCE THE REMAINING THREAT. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE OVERNIGHT AT THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL... LOCATED AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS. THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS OVERNIGHT. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE HIGHER AND GUSTY WITHIN HEAVY SQUALLS ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD HAS PASSED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR LATER THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS... 11:28 AM SUNDAY. AT KEY WEST HARBOR... 10:59 AM SUNDAY. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON... 9:48 AM SUNDAY. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SINCE SATURDAY EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 310928 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 528 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 190 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 958 MB OR 28.29 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-075-311330- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 528 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 5 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION. UPDATED STORM SURGE SECTION TO EXTEND EFFECTS THROUGH THIS MORNING. UPDATED WIND IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER THIS MORNING. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER TODAY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE... SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE SATURDAY EVENING... AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-311330- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 528 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 5 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION. UPDATED STORM SURGE SECTION TO EXTEND EFFECTS THROUGH THIS MORNING. UPDATED WIND IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER THIS MORNING. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER TODAY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE... SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE SATURDAY EVENING... AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-311330- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 528 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 5 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION. UPDATED STORM SURGE SECTION TO EXTEND EFFECTS THROUGH THIS MORNING. UPDATED WIND IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER THIS MORNING. UPDATED MARINE IMPACTS TO INDICATE IMPROVING TREND LATER TODAY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE ARE NO VISITOR OR RESIDENT EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE ARE NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES AND SNAKE CREEK DRAW BRIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE... SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE SATURDAY EVENING... AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FURTHER THROUGH THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ JACOBSON
000 WTUS82 KKEY 311255 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 855 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 240 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 960 MB OR 28.35 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-075-011300- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 855 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED TORNADO SECTION. OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS TO REMOVE SHELTER AND EVACUATION INFORMATION. UPDATED MARINE INFORMATION TO SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND SPEEDS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-011300- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 855 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED TORNADO SECTION. OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS TO REMOVE SHELTER AND EVACUATION INFORMATION. UPDATED MARINE INFORMATION TO LOWER WIND SPEEDS SLIGHTLY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011300- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 855 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR 8 AM ADVISORY. REMOVED TORNADO SECTION. OUTDATED PREPAREDNESS TO REMOVE SHELTER AND EVACUATION INFORMATION. UPDATED MARINE INFORMATION TO LOWER WIND SPEEDS SLIGHTLY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS EARLY THIS MORNING. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK IS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 311336 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 240 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 960 MB OR 28.35 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-075-011345- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER OUTAGES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-011345- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER OUTAGES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011345- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 934 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CLOSURES AND NO POWER OUTAGES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. HOWEVER...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY IS OPEN...BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY NEED TO TRAVEL IN THE LOWER KEYS THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DRY TORTUGAS AS GUSTAV PASSES TO THE WEST OF THOSE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS MORNING. VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... FREQUENT MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY...WITH SEAS UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 311548 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 270 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 962 MB OR 28.41 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-075-011545- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS. HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS GUSTAVE MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-011545- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS. HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS GUSTAVE MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011545- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 1145 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT SALTWATER FLOODING AND TIDAL OVERWASH IN THE KEY WEST AREA. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER KEYS FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH THE DRY TORTUGAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LOWER KEYS...AND THE NEARSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH ACCOMPANIED BY SEAWEED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. IN ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS...UNITED AND DUVAL STREETS. HOWEVER...AS HIGH TIDE PASSES AND WINDS DECREASE...COASTAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORT ZACHARY...BAHIA HONDA AND DRY TORTUGAS PARKS ARE CLOSED UNTIL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE. ALTHOUGH...BAHIA HONDA AND FORT ZACHARY STATE PARKS WILL LIKELY REOPEN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO POWER OUTAGES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT IN THE LOWER KEYS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... VERY MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE IN PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXPECTED TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS MORNING... AT GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS...11:28 AM. AT KEY WEST HARBOR...10:59 AM. AT VACA CUT IN MARATHON...9:48 AM. ...WINDS... OCCASIONAL MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE DRY TORTUGAS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS THIS AFTERNOON AS GUSTAVE MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER ATLANTIC WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF OF 10 AND 15 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS IN A FEW RAIN BANDS ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 311858 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 255 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 270 MILES WEST SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. SOME REINTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 960 MB OR 28.35 INCHES. GMZ032-054-074-011900- /O.CAN.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 255 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION FOR CLOSED ROADS AND PARKS. UPDATED TO REMOVE STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE RAINFALL IMPACTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELED...BUT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET IS CLOSED. FORT ZACHARY AND BAHIA HONDA STATE PARKS HAVE REOPENED...BUT DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS...EXCEPT ON WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST TO DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS GUSTAV MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ078-011900- /O.CAN.KKEY.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE LOWER KEYS- 255 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION FOR CLOSED ROADS AND PARKS. UPDATED TO REMOVE STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE RAINFALL IMPACTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELED...BUT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET IS CLOSED UNTIL CLEANUP IS COMPLETED. FORT ZACHARY AND BAHIA HONDA STATE PARKS HAVE REOPENED...BUT DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS...EXCEPT ON WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST TO DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS GUSTAV MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ GMZ075-011900- /O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 255 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION FOR CLOSED ROADS AND PARKS. UPDATED TO REMOVE STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE RAINFALL IMPACTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELED...BUT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET IS CLOSED. FORT ZACHARY AND BAHIA HONDA STATE PARKS HAVE REOPENED...BUT DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS...EXCEPT ON WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST TO DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS WEST OF KEY WEST...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS GUSTAV MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ FLZ076-077-GMZ031-033-052-053-072-073-011900- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 255 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION FOR CLOSED ROADS AND PARKS. UPDATED TO REMOVE STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND SECTION. UPDATED TO REMOVE RAINFALL IMPACTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELED...BUT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET IS CLOSED. FORT ZACHARY AND BAHIA HONDA STATE PARKS HAVE REOPENED...BUT DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS...EXCEPT ON WATERS FROM JUST WEST OF KEY WEST TO DRY TORTUGAS AND SOUTH FOR 60 NM WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS GUSTAV MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ APA
000 WTUS82 KKEY 312105 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 503 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RE-INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB OR 28.26 INCHES. GMZ075-012115- /O.CAN.KKEY.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 503 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS SECTION TO REMOVE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. THERE ARE NO TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET ARE CLOSED. HOWEVER...THESE STREETS SHOULD REOPEN BY THIS EVENING. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF NEAR 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE GUSTAV BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN KEY WEST. VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>074-012115- /O.CON.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 503 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR POSITION OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. UPDATED WATCHES/WARNINGS SECTION TO REMOVE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT DETAILS SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. THERE ARE NO TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... UNTIL CLEAN UP IS COMPLETED...THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THE SECTION OF DUVAL STREET SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET ARE CLOSED. HOWEVER...THESE STREETS SHOULD REOPEN BY THIS EVENING. DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK REMAINS CLOSED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS. ON WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF NEAR 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE GUSTAV BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN KEY WEST. VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$
000 WTUS82 KKEY 312320 HLSKEY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 720 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR THE WATERS WEST OF KEY WEST THROUGH DRY TORTUGAS... .AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RE-INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB OR 28.26 INCHES. FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-010030- /O.CAN.KKEY.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM- 720 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE GUSTAV BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN KEY WEST. VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 22 min | |
| Aug 29, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 28 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 62 min | |
| Aug 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 60 hr | |
| Aug 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | 19 hr | |
| Aug 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 19 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 61 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 57 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.