Hurricane Local Statement 1009, NWS Melbourne, FL

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1218 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT LOCAL MARINE AND
COASTAL INTERESTS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...ADJUSTMENTS TO WATCH AREAS ARE
NOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MARINE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL
STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET AND OUT 60
NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR COASTAL INTERESTS...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL
A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.4 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 710
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 660 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA.

THE STORM MOTION WAS WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CORE OF IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN AND
CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON WEDNESDAY AND THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS ON
THURSDAY.

THE STORM INTENSITY WAS 90 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IRENE IS A
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING
IS FORECAST AND IRENE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR SO.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS SET TO APPROACH THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
OVERNIGHT...AND THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
BAHAMAS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND INTO THE ATLANTIC EAST OF
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A 
MAJOR HURRICANE.

THOUGH THERE ARE NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN
EFFECT FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THE CURRENT TRACK
OF IRENE CONTINUES TO KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE.
IRENE IS EXPECTED TO BRING IMPACTS TO THE COASTAL WATERS AND
LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH LATE WEEK.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 60 NAUTICAL MILES...WITH TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY BEYOND 20 MILES OFFSHORE. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
30 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 10 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIODS SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW WILL LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY. 

THOUGH THE CURRENT TRACK KEEPS THE CENTER OF IRENE WELL
OFFSHORE...YOU SHOULD STILL REMAIN AWARE OF THIS LARGE HURRICANE
AND BE PREPARED THAT TROPICAL STORM GUSTS MAY OCCUR IN SQUALLS
STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BEFORE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU
DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING
WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE
DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ555-575-250430-
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COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1218 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE
EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING.

$$

AMZ550-552-570-572-250430-
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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
1218 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO RETURN TO PORT OR
TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. TAKE EARLY STEPS TO SECURE YOUR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 56
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS
NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET ON WEDNESDAY. AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES
CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE.
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD
TO 20 TO 25 FEET BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250430-
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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1218 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE TO BRING DANGEROUS SURF AND BEACH EROSION...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE
DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...MAKE ONE. IF YOU NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR PLAN...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR AMERICAN RED CROSS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS MAY
REACH 35 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE
REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL
IMPACT THE BEACHES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND POSSIBLE MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION
WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING THESE DAYS WILL BE AROUND 6 AM
AND 6 PM ALONG THE COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

804 
WTUS82 KMLB 240604
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
204 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE STRENGTHENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED ACCORDING TO THE 2 AM
ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET AND OUT 60
NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR COASTAL INTERESTS...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL
A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.6 WEST. IRENE IS MOVING
GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON LATER TODAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IRENE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...
AND IRENE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND
THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A MAJOR
HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST 
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE CONTINUES TO 
KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE. 

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE 
LIKELY BEYOND 60 NAUTICAL MILES...AND WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY 
BEYOND 20 MILES OFFSHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS 
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN 
SQUALLS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
30 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 10 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE 
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA 
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING 
THE DAY ON THURSDAY. 

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BEFORE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ555-575-250615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
204 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET DURING THE PERIOD. 

$$

AMZ550-552-570-572-250615-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
204 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO RETURN TO PORT OR
TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. TAKE EARLY STEPS TO SECURE YOUR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 56
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH 
OF SEBASTIAN INLET LATER TODAY. AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES 
CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE. 
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 
20 TO 25 FEET DURING THE PERIOD. 

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250615-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
204 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE TO BRING DANGEROUS SURF AND BEACH EROSION...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE
DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE 
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN APPROACHING 
STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT: 
WWW.READY.GOV. 

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS MAY
REACH 35 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE
REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT 
THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND 
LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS. THE THREAT FOR 
BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES FROM 
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING THESE DAYS WILL 
GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

635 
WTUS82 KMLB 240915
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
515 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...IRENE TO EMERGE NORTHWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN ON THURSDAY AS A
MAJOR HURRICANE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS ARE NOW UNDER 
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HOWEVER...WATCHES AND WARNINGS 
ARE STILL NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS. 

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL
MILES FROM JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES
FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET.

FOR COASTAL INTERESTS...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL
A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.9 WEST. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF
IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS TODAY
AND OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IRENE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND IRENE WILL LIKELY BECOME
A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND
THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST 
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE CONTINUES TO 
KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE. 

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE 
LIKELY BEYOND 60 NAUTICAL MILES...AND WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY 
BEYOND 20 MILES OFFSHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS 
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN 
SQUALLS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 10 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE 
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA 
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING 
THE DAY ON THURSDAY. 

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BEFORE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA. 

AMZ575-250915-
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/O.NEW.KMLB.TR.W.1009.110824T0915Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
515 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SPECIFIED MARINE 
WATERS. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. WAVES IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC MAY
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH NAVIGATION BECOMING DIFFICULT EVEN FOR
SEAWORTHY VESSELS.

$$

AMZ555-250915-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
515 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGHER WINDS IS
LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WITHIN PASSING
SQUALLS...FROM THURSDAY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED
TO BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ550-552-570-572-250915-
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/O.EXA.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
515 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SPECIFIED MARINE 
WATERS. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS ARE 
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...MARINAS...AND DOCKS...NOW IS THE TIME TO
BEGIN PRESCRIBED STORM PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR MARINERS
TROPICAL CYCLONE EMERGENCY PLAN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR AND THEN REMAIN IN PORT. IF YOU LIVE ON YOUR BOAT...PLAN TO
SAFELY SECURE YOUR CRAFT AND THEN LEAVE IT FOR NEARBY SHELTER.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250915-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
515 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS FOR
THE BEACHES...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE
DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN APPROACHING STORM...
PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
25 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS MAY
REACH 35 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

200 
WTUS82 KMLB 241017
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
617 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...IRENE TO EMERGE NORTHWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN ON THURSDAY AS A
MAJOR HURRICANE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND WARNING AREAS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL
MILES FROM JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALSO 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET.

FOR COASTAL INTERESTS...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL
A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.9 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 670 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 620 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED ON LATER TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF
IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS TODAY
AND OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IRENE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND IRENE WILL LIKELY BECOME
A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND
THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE CONTINUES TO
KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE. 

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE
LIKELY BEYOND 60 NAUTICAL MILES...AND WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY
BEYOND 20 MILES OFFSHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN
SQUALLS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN OUTER REACHES OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY
FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ575-251030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
617 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS.
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ555-251030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
617 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. 

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGHER WINDS IS
LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WITHIN
PASSING SQUALLS...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ550-552-570-572-251030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
617 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 53
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY
EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. SEAS OFFSHORE WILL
BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...BUT 12 TO 15 FEET WITHIN THE NEARSHORE
WATERS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-251030-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
617 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS FOR
THE BEACHES...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
PLAN...MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE
FOR AN APPROACHING STORM... PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AS CURRENTLY ASSESSED...THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS
MAY REACH 35 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND MAINLY ALONG
THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

640 
WTUS82 KMLB 241220
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
820 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS UPDATE REFLECTS NEW STORM INFORMATION FOR THE 8 AM ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE
COASTAL COUNTIES AND EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 640 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 590 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS WEST NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND
THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE CONTINUES TO
KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE. 

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE
LIKELY BEYOND 60 NAUTICAL MILES...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY BEYOND
20 MILES OFFSHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN OUTER REACHES OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY
FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ575-251230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
820 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS.
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ555-251230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
820 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGHER WINDS IS
LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WITHIN
PASSING SQUALLS...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ550-552-570-572-251230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
820 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 53
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY
EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. SEAS OFFSHORE WILL
BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...BUT 12 TO 15 FEET WITHIN THE NEARSHORE
WATERS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-251230-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
820 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS FOR THE
BEACHES...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
PLAN...MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE
FOR AN APPROACHING STORM... PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF EITHER SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS
UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS
MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND MAINLY ALONG
THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

15

755 
WTUS82 KMLB 241520
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1120 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IRENE MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
BAHAMAS TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS
20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO SEBASTIAN
INLET.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES
OFFSHORE FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TO 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OFFSHORE. 

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER... ST.
LUCIE...MARTIN...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM
RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.9 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 590 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS 
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A
MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE CONTINUES TO
KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE. 

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
SHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN OUTER REACHES OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY
FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ575-251530-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1120 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS.
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET DURING THE PERIOD.

$$

AMZ570-572-251530-
/O.UPG.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
1120 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SPECIFIED MARINE 
WATERS. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. WAVES IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC MAY
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH NAVIGATION BECOMING DIFFICULT EVEN FOR
SEAWORTHY VESSELS.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-251530-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
1120 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY
EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. SEAS OFFSHORE WILL
BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...BUT 12 TO 15 FEET WITHIN THE NEARSHORE
WATERS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-251530-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1120 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS FOR THE
BEACHES...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF EITHER SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS
UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND
MAINLY ALONG THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

15

458 
WTUS82 KMLB 241553
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1153 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IRENE MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
BAHAMAS TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS
20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO SEBASTIAN
INLET.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES
OFFSHORE FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...
MARTIN...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.9 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 590 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND IRENE COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE
CONTINUES TO KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE.

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
SHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPECTED OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

CONCERNING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR BY LATER TODAY. DETERMINE THE BEST
STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 230 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ570-572-575-251600-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1153 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 35 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
45 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE.


$$

AMZ550-552-555-251600-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
1153 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND RUSH PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION FOR SECURING
YOUR CRAFT. SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE MARINE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
LATE TONIGHT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME
IS UP TO 40 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
KNOTS ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND STRENGTHEN FURTHER TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY
NIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT INTO FRIDAY AS
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA BY EVENING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-251600-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1153 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS FOR THE
BEACHES...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG
THE COAST AS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE MOVE ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 

$$

VOLKMER

873 
WTUS82 KMLB 241813
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
213 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IRENE MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS UPDATE REFLECTS NEW STORM INFORMATION FOR THE 2 PM ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES
OFFSHORE FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...
MARTIN...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 550 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 120 MPH. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND IRENE COULD BECOME A
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE BY THURSDAY. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 954 MB OR 28.17
INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE
CONTINUES TO KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE.

EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAINLY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM
SHORE. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPECTED OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND RUSH PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION FOR SECURING
YOUR CRAFT. SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE MARINE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
LATE TONIGHT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ570-572-575-251815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
213 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 35 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
45 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-251815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
213 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. 

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO
25 KNOTS ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND STRENGTHEN FURTHER TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY
NIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT INTO FRIDAY AS
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA BY EVENING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-251815-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
213 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS FOR THE
BEACHES EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR. 

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY
ALONG THE COAST AS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE MOVE
ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES DURING
THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACHGOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

VOLKMER

686 
WTUS82 KMLB 242215
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
615 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE MOVING THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BEACHES OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ATLANTIC WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH
TO JUPITER INLET. 

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS OUT TO
20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

ALTHOUGH NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT
LUCIE...MARTIN...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED
HAZARDS ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 520
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 470 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 120 MPH...MAKING IRENE A
DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. THE LATEST
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING...AND IS FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE
CONTINUES TO KEEP THE CENTER 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE.

CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO DETERIORATE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...WITH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES
FROM SHORE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPECTED OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE AS IT
PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT THIS
EVENING AND RUSH PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION FOR SECURING YOUR
CRAFT. SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE MARINE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE LATE
TONIGHT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 9 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ570-572-575-252215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
615 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
50 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-252215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
615 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
KNOTS ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS BY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND STRENGTHEN FURTHER TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY
EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT INTO FRIDAY AS
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-252215-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
615 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS EXPECTED AT
THE BEACHES THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR. 

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY
ALONG THE COAST AS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE MOVE
ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
DURING THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES FROM
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACH GOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

MOSES

285 
WTUS82 KMLB 250026
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
826 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE MOVING THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS UPDATE REFLECTS NEW STORM INFORMATION FOR THE 8 PM ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ATLANTIC WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH
TO JUPITER INLET. 

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS OUT TO
20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

ALTHOUGH NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT OR
EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT
LUCIE...MARTIN...AND COASTAL VOLUSIA POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED
HAZARDS ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.0 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 488
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST
AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 120 MPH...MAKING IRENE A
DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. THE LATEST
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING...AND IS FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE
CONTINUES TO KEEP THE CENTER OF IRENE 200 TO 250 MILES OFFSHORE.

CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO DETERIORATE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...WITH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL
MILES FROM SHORE BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE COAST IN FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS...AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW COULD LEAD TO MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THERE IS A LOW BUT NOTABLE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE AS IT PASSES BY OFFSHORE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AND
RUSH PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. SEEK SAFE
HARBOR BEFORE MARINE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND 
MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO 
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE 
BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ570-572-575-260030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
826 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
50 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-260030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
826 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
KNOTS ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS BY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND STRENGTHEN FURTHER TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY
EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT INTO FRIDAY AS
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260030-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
826 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND TROPICAL STORM GUSTS EXPECTED AT
THE BEACHES THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR. 

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE PASSES OFFSHORE...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY
ALONG THE COAST AS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE MOVE
ONSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO VULNERABLE AREAS.
THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH SEVERAL HIGH TIDE
CYCLES FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
DURING THESE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES FROM
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACH GOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

MOSES

230 
WTUS82 KMLB 250423
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1223 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS OVERNIGHT...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ATLANTIC WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH
TO JUPITER INLET. 

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS OUT TO
20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

ALTHOUGH NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT OR
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT
LUCIE...MARTIN...OR COASTAL VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 75.4 WEST...ABOUT 450 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. IRENE
REMAINS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON
SCALE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 120 MPH. THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 952 MB OR 28.11 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS
OVERNIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY
LATE AFTERNOON. IRENE WILL PASS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON
FRIDAY AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE.

THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK KEEPS THE CENTER OF IRENE 200 TO 250
MILES OFFSHORE. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR
LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC
WATERS OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
GUSTS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES BY LATE MORNING. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

SEAS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 TO
25 FEET...LEADING TO DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OR POSSIBLY HIGHER AT AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY.

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING
INTO FRIDAY MORNING IF SEVERAL OUTER RAIN BANDS OF IRENE PASS OVER
A SINGLE LOCATION. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE SAME RAIN BANDS ALONG THE COAST.


.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
THROUGH FRIDAY AND RUSH PREPARATIONS TO COMPLETION FOR SECURING
YOUR CRAFT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF.
LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO
DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO
VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE 
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN 
CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ570-572-575-260430-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1223 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25
KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER
ALL OF THE WATERS IN ANY FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS. MAXIMUM WINDS
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE FORECAST INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-260430-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
1223 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND
40 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST. 

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20
KNOTS OVER THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WILL INCREASE INCREASE TO 20 TO
25 KNOTS ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS BY MORNING. WINDS
WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER ALL OF THE
WATERS IN ANY FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO
16 FEET ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WHILE WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260430-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1223 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...RAIN SQUALLS WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE BY
DAYBREAK THURSDAY...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THEIR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN...
MAKE ONE. FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR AN
APPROACHING STORM...PLEASE VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE
AT: WWW.READY.GOV.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS NOT EXPECTED.

...WINDS...
FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS
AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF IRENE. THESE SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. THESE SQUALLS WILL GENERATE GUSTS BETWEEN 30
AND 40 MPH THROUGH DAYBREAK.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS BY 
LATE MORNING AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES. WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS
ALONG THE COAST MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS
IRENE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND LARGE
SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THE
THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES
FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES INTO
SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

AGAIN...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT BEACH GOERS NOT ENTER THE
HIGH SURF THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

MOSES

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HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
320 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...EYE OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE IRENE NEARING THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS UPDATE REFLECTS UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FOR THE 2 AM
ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE
JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. 

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.0 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 410
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 350 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY TO NEAR 115
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...IRENE IS STILL A MAJOR
HURRICANE WITH SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING FORECAST.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS
OVERNIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY
LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. IRENE WILL PASS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
ON FRIDAY AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK KEEPS THE CENTER OF IRENE 200 TO 250
MILES OFFSHORE. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR
LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

BY LATE MORNING...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN
DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE
TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. ALSO BY LATE
MORNING AND WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE TREASURE COAST...
WIND GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS THE
OUTER REACHES OF IRENE ENCROACH UPON THESE WATERS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS...WHETHER SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL 
OVERSPREAD THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AS IRENE MOVES NORTH.

THE SEAS WELL OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND BUILD
TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FEET.
DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET ARE
LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE THREAT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY
TODAY AND REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST LATER TODAY INTO
FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND 
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

AT THE BEACHES...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF 
TODAY AND FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE
YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO
POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE
BREAKING WAVES.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ570-572-575-260730-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
320 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 20 TO 60
NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL GIVE WAY TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEGINNING LATE
THIS MORNING SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. THESE SAME CONDITIONS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS DURING THE DAY AND CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY. SEAS BECOMING DANGEROUS AND BUILDING TO 20 TO 25
FEET.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-260730-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
320 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND
40 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL
MILES...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15
TO 20 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY LATER THIS MORNING.
THEN...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS BY LATER THIS
EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND SPREAD NORTH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE WATERS IN ANY FAST MOVING
RAIN SQUALLS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260730-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
320 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING ALONG
THE TREASURE COAST...

...INCREASING THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR ALL BEACHES...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS
BY LATE MORNING AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS ALONG THE COAST MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY DURING THE TIME WHEN IRENE MAKES ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
INTO SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
606 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...AWAITED IMPACTS FROM MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE ARRIVE TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
SUPPORTING ADVISORIES ARE HIGHLIGHTED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...
TO INCLUDE A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY... AND A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE
JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS 
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY AND 
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT TODAY...ALONG WITH A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 380 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH BY EARLY FRIDAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IRENE IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST 
BAHAMAS THIS MORNING AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE 
AFTERNOON. IRENE WILL THEN PASS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA 
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A RATHER LARGE AND POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SMALL WESTWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN 
AROUND 175 TO 200 MILES OFFSHORE. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS 
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 
HOWEVER...COASTAL RESIDENTS AND MARINE INTERESTS ARE URGED TO
STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECAST GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF MAJOR
HURRICANE IRENE.

BY LATE MORNING...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN 
DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE 
TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. ALSO BY LATE 
MORNING AND WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE TREASURE COAST...WIND 
GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS THE OUTER 
REACHES OF IRENE ENCROACH UPON THESE WATERS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS...WHETHER SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL 
OVERSPREAD THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON AS IRENE MOVES NORTH. THE SEAS OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME DANGEROUS AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS
BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO NEAR 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 
35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND 
GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS 
TODAY INTO FRIDAY. 

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST LATER TODAY INTO
FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND 
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT 
SECURED. INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...SHOULD BE ON 
GUARD FOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.     

LIFE GUARDS...BEACH PATROLS...AND BEACH STEWARDS SHOULD PREPARE
THE BEACHES FOR HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...AND TROPICAL
STORM WIND GUSTS. FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF TODAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND. TO DO SO WOULD GREATLY RISK YOUR LIFE.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS...HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ALONG
COASTAL ROUTES AND OVER CAUSEWAYS.

COASTAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS SHOULD SECURE ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS
THAT ARE LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ570-572-575-261015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
606 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 20 TO
60 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL GIVE WAY TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEGINNING LATE
THIS MORNING SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. THESE SAME CONDITIONS WILL
STEADILY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS DURING THE DAY AND
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SEAS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND BUILDING TO
20 TO 25 FEET.

$$

AMZ550-552-555-261015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
606 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND
38 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL
MILES...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF
15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY LATER THIS
MORNING. THEN...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS BY THIS
EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND
SPREAD NORTH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS ALL OF THE WATERS IN ANY FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

THE WINDS COULD BECOME SOMEWHAT HIGHER IF IRENE MOVES A LITTLE
WEST OF THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. IF SO...LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS OVER THESE WATERS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261015-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
606 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COAST...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ALL BEACHES...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS UNLIKELY TO
OCCUR.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS
BY LATE MORNING AS MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS ALONG THE COAST MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH TODAY INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY DURING THE TIME WHEN IRENE MAKES ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
INTO SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. ALSO...THE
RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS
STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE SURF.

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
813 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...AWAITED IMPACTS FROM MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE ARRIVE TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES FOR THE NEAR SHORE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
ATLANTIC WATERS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS. 

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS 
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY AND 
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT TODAY...ALONG WITH A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 320 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 280 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT
13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. IRENE IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LATEST MINIMUM 
CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 950 MB OR 28.05 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST 
BAHAMAS THIS MORNING AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE 
AFTERNOON. IRENE WILL THEN PASS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA 
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A RATHER LARGE AND POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

THE CENTER OF IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 175 TO 200
MILES OFFSHORE. OUTER RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTAL COUNTIES BY MID DAY.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL
BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE
TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. BY MID DAY AND
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE TREASURE COAST...WIND GUSTS OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS THE OUTER REACHES OF
IRENE ENCROACH UPON THESE WATERS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHETHER
SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL OVERSPREAD THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS IRENE
MOVES NORTH. THE SEAS OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS
AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO
16 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO NEAR 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 
40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS TODAY
INTO FRIDAY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND 
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-261215-
/O.UPG.KMLB.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
813 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SPECIFIED MARINE 
WATERS. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. WAVES IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC MAY
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH NAVIGATION BECOMING DIFFICULT EVEN FOR
SEAWORTHY VESSELS. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...MARINAS...AND
DOCKS...NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE PRESCRIBED STORM PREPARATIONS
ACCORDING TO YOUR MARINERS TROPICAL CYCLONE EMERGENCY PLAN. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD BE WELL SECURED AND REMAIN IN PORT. 
 
$$

AMZ570-572-575-261215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
813 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 20 TO
60 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL GIVE WAY TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEGINNING LATE
THIS MORNING SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. THESE SAME CONDITIONS WILL
STEADILY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS DURING THE DAY AND
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SEAS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND BUILDING TO
20 TO 25 FEET.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261215-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
813 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND
38 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL
MILES...AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES CLOSER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF
15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY LATER THIS
MORNING. THEN...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS BY THIS
EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND
SPREAD NORTH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS ALL OF THE WATERS IN ANY FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

THE WINDS COULD BECOME SOMEWHAT HIGHER IF IRENE MOVES A LITTLE
WEST OF THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. IF SO...LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS OVER THESE WATERS.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261215-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
813 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COAST...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ALL BEACHES...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS
BY LATE MORNING AS MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS ALONG THE COAST MAY REACH 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY DURING THE TIME WHEN IRENE MAKES ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
INTO SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. ALSO...THE
RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS
STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE SURF.

$$

VOLKMER

879 
WTUS82 KMLB 251252
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
852 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
ATLANTIC WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER
INLET. LEADING OUTER RAINBANDS FROM IRENE APPROACHING THE TREASURE
COAST.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS. 

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS 
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY AND 
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT TODAY...ALONG WITH A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 320 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 280 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT
13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. IRENE IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LATEST MINIMUM 
CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 950 MB OR 28.05 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST 
BAHAMAS THIS MORNING AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE 
AFTERNOON. IRENE WILL THEN PASS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA 
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

THE CENTER OF IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 175 TO 200
MILES OFFSHORE. OUTER RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL
BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE
TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. BY MID DAY AND
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE TREASURE COAST...WIND GUSTS OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS THE OUTER REACHES OF
IRENE ENCROACH UPON THESE WATERS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHETHER
SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL OVERSPREAD THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS IRENE
MOVES NORTH. THE SEAS OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS
AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO
16 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO NEAR 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 
40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS TODAY
INTO FRIDAY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND 
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-261300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
852 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. REMAIN IN PORT! 

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE
OFFSHORE WATERS BY THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH
TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS AND 12 TO 16 FEET NEAR SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261300-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
852 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST...

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COAST...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ALL BEACHES...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS
BY LATE MORNING AS MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES. WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS ALONG THE COAST MAY REACH 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...PARTICULARLY DURING THE TIME WHEN IRENE MAKES ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH. THE LONGEST PERIOD OF STRONG SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BARRIER
ISLANDS WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS MAY REACH 30 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES
INTO SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. ALSO...THE
RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS
STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE SURF.

$$

15

279 
WTUS82 KMLB 251610
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1210 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...LARGE BATTERING SURF WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
OUTER RAINBANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT MID DAY. AT 11 AM...MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT REPORTED NORTHEAST WINDS AT 24 MPH GUSTING TO 31 MPH.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS 
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY AND 
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT TODAY...ALONG WITH A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.8 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 290
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 250 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH NORTHWEST AT
13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. SOME STRENGTHENING 
IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS
951 MB OR 28.08 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST 
BAHAMAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IRENE WILL THEN PASS EAST OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS A LARGE AND
POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

THE CENTER OF IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 175 TO 200
MILES OFFSHORE. OUTER RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER
THE WATERS FROM THE TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING
THE EVENING AND TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHETHER
SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL OVERSPREAD THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
AS IRENE MOVES NORTH. THE SEAS OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
DANGEROUS AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS
BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 
40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST INTO FRIDAY
MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 230 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-261615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1210 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. REMAIN IN PORT!

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT. ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS NEAR 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING SOUTH OF
SEBASTIAN INLET AND WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND 12 TO 16
FEET NEAR SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261615-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1210 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED IN PASSING RAIN SQUALLS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE BARRIER
ISLANDS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE COAST
THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH
LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL
LOCATIONS WITH SOME GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. WINDS ACROSS
INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT STILL WINDY...IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE LONGEST PERIOD OF STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BARRIER ISLANDS WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS
MAY REACH 35 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10
AM FRIDAY MORNING. SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS MAY OCCUR RIGHT ALONG
THE OCEANFRONT AREAS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS CAN PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50
MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COASTAL RESIDENTS BRING EXPOSED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT CAN BE
BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND INTO A SHELTERED AREA OR INDOORS. HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY CROSS WINDS
EXPECTED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES INTO SATURDAY
WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT
RISK IS HIGH TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY
ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF. LARGE
BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING.

$$

VOLKMER

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WTUS82 KMLB 251812
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
212 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...LARGE BATTERING SURF WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM...MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND
GUST OF 37 MPH. AT 1242 PM...AN UNOFFICIAL WIND GUST TO 45 MPH
WAS RECORDED IN A PASSING RAIN SQUALL ALONG THE COAST NEAR VERO
BEACH.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...AND VOLUSIA...IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS 
ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY AND 
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT TODAY...ALONG WITH A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 240 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 210 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH NORTHWEST AT
14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. SOME STRENGTHENING IS 
POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 951
MB OR 28.08 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST 
BAHAMAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IRENE WILL THEN PASS EAST OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS A LARGE AND
POWERFUL MAJOR HURRICANE.

THE CENTER OF IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 175 TO 200
MILES OFFSHORE. OUTER RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER
THE WATERS FROM THE TREASURE COAST...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING
THE EVENING AND TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHETHER
SUSTAINED OFFSHORE OR GUSTY NEARSHORE...WILL OVERSPREAD THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
AS IRENE MOVES NORTH. THE SEAS OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
DANGEROUS AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS
BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 
40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS
ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST INTO FRIDAY
MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT 
SECURED.  

LIFE GUARDS...BEACH PATROLS...AND BEACH STEWARDS SHOULD PREPARE
THE BEACHES FOR HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...AND TROPICAL
STORM WIND GUSTS. FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF TODAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND. TO DO SO WOULD GREATLY RISK YOUR LIFE.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS...HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ALONG
COASTAL ROUTES AND OVER CAUSEWAYS.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COASTAL RESIDENTS BRING EXPOSED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT CAN BE
BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND INTO A SHELTERED AREA OR INDOORS. HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY CROSS WINDS
EXPECTED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-261815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
212 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. REMAIN IN PORT!

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT. ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS NEAR 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING SOUTH OF
SEBASTIAN INLET AND WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND 12 TO
16 FEET NEAR SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261815-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
212 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED IN PASSING RAIN SQUALLS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE BARRIER
ISLANDS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE COAST
THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH
LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL
LOCATIONS WITH SOME GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. WINDS ACROSS
INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT STILL WINDY...IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE LONGEST PERIOD OF STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BARRIER ISLANDS WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS
MAY REACH 35 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10
AM FRIDAY MORNING. SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS MAY OCCUR RIGHT ALONG
THE OCEANFRONT AREAS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS CAN PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50
MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES INTO SATURDAY
WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT
RISK IS HIGH TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY
ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF. LARGE
BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING.

$$

VOLKMER

056 
WTUS82 KMLB 252137
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
537 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN
SQUALLS TONIGHT...

...LARGE BATTERING SURF WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE 5 PM ADVISORY. A
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH
FRIDAY.

SOME RECENT WIND GUST REPORTS...MELBOURNE AIRPORT GUSTED TO 39
MPH AT 216 PM...PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT 411
PM...FORT PIERCE GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT 432 PM...DAYTONA BEACH GUSTED TO
33 MPH AT 444 PM.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...IMPACTS
FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS A RESULT...A
WIND ADVISORY AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ARE BOTH IN EFFECT... ALONG
WITH A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN
EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 190 MILES EAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE
OF THE HURRICANE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS
TONIGHT...AND PASS WELL OFFSHORE OF THE EAST COAST OF CENTRAL AND
NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 950 MB OR 28.05
INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST THIS EVENING
ABOUT 190 MILES OFFSHORE FROM THE TREASURE COAST. IRENE WILL THEN
TURN NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND PASS ABOUT 200 MILES OFFSHORE FROM THE
VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST AROUND 8 AM FRIDAY MORNING.

OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER
THE ATLANTIC WATERS JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE TREASURE COAST...AND
SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SEAS
OFFSHORE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND BUILD TO 20 TO 25
FEET...WITH NEARSHORE SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO 18 FEET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. NEAR THE COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 
12 FEET ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF 
LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALSO...THE RIP 
CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. THE RISK WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TODAY AND 
REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. 

LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS 
WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES.  

THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A LOW 
THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN ALONG THE COAST INTO FRIDAY
MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN OUTER RAIN BANDS...AND
MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT 
SECURED. FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
TO DO SO WOULD GREATLY RISK YOUR LIFE.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COASTAL RESIDENTS BRING EXPOSED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT CAN BE
BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND INTO A SHELTERED AREA OR INDOORS. HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 9 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-262145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
537 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT BEFORE SUNSET. REMAIN IN PORT!

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS
SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 FEET ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND 12 TO
18 FEET NEAR SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-262145-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
537 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS EXPECTED IN RAIN SQUALLS
TONIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES...
...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 TO 35 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE BARRIER
ISLANDS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH LATER
TONIGHT ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL LOCATIONS
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. WINDS ACROSS
INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT STILL WINDY...IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE LONGEST PERIOD OF STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BARRIER ISLANDS WHEN SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 35 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 9 PM
AND 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS MAY OCCUR RIGHT
ALONG THE OCEANFRONT AREAS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS FOR A TIME LATE
TONIGHT.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS CAN PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO
50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST.

THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE
CYCLES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES INTO SATURDAY WILL
GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED
TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF. LARGE BATTERING WAVES
CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS PIERS AND JETTIES COULD ALSO
MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK.

$$

VOLKMER

485 
WTUS82 KMLB 260039
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
839 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS OVERNIGHT...

...LARGE BATTERING SURF WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES INTO FRIDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE POSITION OF HURRICANE IRENE FOR 8 PM HAS BEEN UPDATED ALONG
WITH WIND ADVISORY INFORMATION ALONG THE COAST. RECENT WIND AND
SEAS OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. 

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...IMPACTS 
FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS A 
RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD 
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY. 

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.4 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 200
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 180 MILES
EAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 14
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 115 MPH. THE LATEST MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 946 MB OR 27.93 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST AWAY FROM THE 
BAHAMAS THIS EVENING...TURNING NORTHWARDS LATE TONIGHT AND PASS 
ABOUT 200 MILES OFFSHORE FROM THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST AROUND 8 AM 
FRIDAY MORNING.

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE ATLANTIC 
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL 
STORM FORCE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS. SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET LATER TONIGHT. SEAS OFFSHORE HAVE
REACHED AROUND 20 FEET...AND WILL PEAK AROUND 25 FEET OFFSHORE AND
12 TO 18 FEET NEARSHORE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SEAS IS OCCURRING AT 
AREA BEACHES WITH BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET THAT WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED
TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF.

OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE 
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING WITHIN THESE RAINBANDS. OUTSIDE OF RAIN
SQUALLS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS
MAINLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW 
WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES. 
ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH AND WILL REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT 
CONCERN INTO THE WEEKEND. LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A 
HAZARD TO VULNERABLE PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING 
WAVES. 

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT 
SECURED. FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF INTO THE WEEKEND. TO DO SO
WOULD GREATLY RISK YOUR LIFE.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COASTAL RESIDENTS SECURE EXPOSED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...THAT CAN BE
BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND INTO A SHELTERED AREA OR INDOORS. HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270045-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
839 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH
THEIR CRAFT SECURED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE ATLANTIC 
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL 
STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS. SUSTAINED 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET LATER TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 37
KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY 41009 LOCATED 20 NAUTICAL MILES
OFF CAPE CANAVERAL THIS AFTERNOON. 

SEAS HAVE ALSO INCREASED OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WITH BUOY 41114
LOCATED 5 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST OF FORT PIERCE REPORTING
SEAS OF 10 FEET THIS EVENING. BUOY 41113 LOCATED 4 NAUTICAL
MILES SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL HAS REPORTED SEAS UP TO 9 FEET. BUOY
41009 HAS REPORTED SEAS AROUND 17 FEET. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK
FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270045-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
839 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 TO 35 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE BARRIER
ISLANDS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS...

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL LOCATIONS WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AS HURRICANE IRENE MAKES ITS CLOSEST
APPROACH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID FRIDAY
MORNING. WINDS ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES
WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT STILL
WINDY...IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH
GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO
50 MPH INTO FRIDAY MORNING. DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND
GUST TO 44 MPH IN A RAIN SQUALL EARLIER THIS EVENING. NEW SMYRNA
BEACH REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 41 MPH IN THE SAME SQUALL.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE REMAINING WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...HIGH SURF AND
LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE
AREAS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST.

THE THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION WILL LAST THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE
CYCLES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TIDES INTO SATURDAY WILL
GENERALLY BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED
TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF. LARGE BATTERING WAVES
CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS PIERS AND JETTIES COULD ALSO
MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK.

$$

MOSES

763 
WTUS82 KMLB 260356
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES UPDATED IMPACTS FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND
ATLANTIC WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THE UPDATED POSITION OF
HURRICANE IRENE AS OF 11 PM...AND RECENT WIND AND SEA OBSERVATIONS.

THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM
FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND...ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT
IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...IMPACTS 
FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE STILL A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AS A 
RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD 
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FL...OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF VERO BEACH FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE 115 MPH...AND IRENE CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 942 MB OR 27.82 INCHES

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE EAST CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST LATE THIS EVENING...CURRENTLY AROUND 200 MILES
OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL. THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE HAS
CHANGED LITTLE AND THE STORM IS STILL FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHWARDS
PARALLEL WITH THE COAST INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY LATER
TODAY. 

DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES WITH BREAKING 
WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. 
THESE CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG 
AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE 
WEEKEND. LARGE BATTERING WAVES MAY ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO VULNERABLE 
PIERS WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES. EVERYONE IS 
STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING SURF.

THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE NORTH OF 
VERO BEACH WHILE ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO PUSH OFFSHORE ALONG THE 
TREASURE COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE 
COAST WITHIN THESE RAINBANDS. OUTSIDE OF RAIN SQUALLS...SUSTAINED 
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND 
WATERSPOUTS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN BANDS MAINLY ALONG THE 
IMMEDIATE COAST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT WITH THEIR CRAFT 
SECURED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

FOR THOSE WHO DO VENTURE TO THE BEACH...IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED 
TO NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF INTO THE WEEKEND. TO DO SO WOULD GREATLY 
RISK YOUR LIFE.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS THAT CAN BLOW OUTDOOR LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
CAUSEWAYS INTO THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270400-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 39 KNOTS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AT BUOY 41009 LATE THIS EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY
OCCURRING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010
LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL IS REPORTING
WIND GUSTS UP TO 56 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY LATER TODAY.

SEAS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WITH BUOYS
41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST
CONTINUING TO REPORT SEAS AROUND 10 FEET. BUOY 41009 IS REPORTING
SEAS OF 22 FEET. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BY MID MORNING AROUND
25 TO 30 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 15 TO 18 FEET CLOSER TO
SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270400-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1156 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN RAINBANDS THROUGH
THIS MORNING...

...WINDS...
AS THE CENTER OF IRENE CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARDS...THE FLOW ACROSS 
THE REGION WILL SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL 
BECOME WEST OVER THE TREASURE COAST BY DAYBREAK. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 95 OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF
ANY RAIN SQUALLS. WINDS ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL
COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT
STILL BREEZY...AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...DIMINISHING
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST BY LATE MORNING AND EVENTUALLY THE
REMAINDER OF COASTAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE DAY AS IRENE
PULLS FURTHER AWAY.

PASSING RAIN SQUALLS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE STRONGER WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
IRENE HAS CONTINUED TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARDS OFFSHORE...AND 
SEAS ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE 
EVENING HOURS. DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT
THE BEACHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND
LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL
BE HIGHEST DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE
AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE LARGE AND BATTERING 
SURF. LARGE BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN 
EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS 
PIERS AND JETTIES COULD ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK.

$$

MOSES

228 
WTUS82 KMLB 260646
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...THE RADAR CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL AT 2 AM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS ISSUANCE REFLECTS UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FROM THE 2 AM 
ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN 
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA...A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF 
ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 200
MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IRENE IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. 

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALREADY MADE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH
RELATIVE TO THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST. LARGE AND POWERFUL 
IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE STEADILY NORTH AND WILL REACH THE
WATERS WELL OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATER THIS MORNING AS IT
BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA.

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF
30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS OUT
TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH
HIGHER GUSTS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. HIGHEST SEAS
WILL BE UP TO 18 TO 20 FEET WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST...AND 30 TO 35 FEET BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND NEAR THE COAST...RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE
AROUND THE WESTERN FLANKS OF IRENE TO BRING LOCAL GUSTS OF 35 TO
45 MPH ONSHORE...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OVER THE
MARINE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED BY MID DAY. HOWEVER...FOR THE 
COASTAL COUNTIES...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY...COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY...AND WIND ADVISORY...WILL NOT BE DROPPED AS QUICKLY. 

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.  

FOR BEACHGOERS...IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH 
SURF.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270700-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WATERS
NORTH OF FORT PIERCE AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY 41009 EARLY THIS
MORNING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND
20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010 LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL MILES
OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL HAS BEEN REPORTING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
KNOTS. LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH AS IRENE PULLS AWAY.

BUOYS 41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST CONTINUE TO REPORT SEAS AROUND 9 TO 11 FEET...WHILE BUOY
41009 IS REPORTING SEAS OF 20 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS WILL PEAK AROUND
30 TO 35 FEET FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 18 TO 20 FEET
CLOSER TO SHORE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270700-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...
...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
PASSING RAIN SQUALLS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

AS MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD...THE
PREVAILING WIND FLOW WILL SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST OVER
THE TREASURE COAST BY DAYBREAK. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY RAIN SQUALLS. AS A
RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...DIMINISHING ALONG THE TREASURE
COAST BY LATE MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY THE REMAINDER OF COASTAL
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE DAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING
THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES... WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6
PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY ARE
IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF. LARGE
BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS PIERS AND
JETTIES COULD ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH.

$$

851 
WTUS82 KMLB 260941
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...THE RADAR CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 230 MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH...

.NEW INFORMATION...
DUE TO THE SIZE OF HURRICANE IRENE AND THE EXTENT OF THE ASSOCIATED 
WIND FIELD...IT IS TOO SOON TO DROP THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OVER 
THE MARINE WATERS...EVEN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN 
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA...A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF 
ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.2 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 230
MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IRENE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS STEADILY MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE WATERS WELL 
OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS IT BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SIZE OF IRENE AND THE EXTENT OF THE 
WIND FIELD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OVER THE MARINE WATERS WILL 
DIMINISH GRADUALLY...EVEN SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET.

THROUGH NOON...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL 
MILES...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM 
20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WIND CONDITIONS WILL BECOME LESS FREQUENT SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE ALREADY PEAKED
BUT WILL STILL BE UP TO 15 TO 18 FEET WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF
THE COAST...AND 20 TO 25 FEET BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND AND NEAR THE COAST...RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE 
AROUND THE WESTERN FLANKS OF IRENE TO BRING LOCAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 
MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

LATER TODAY...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO 
NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE TROPICAL 
STORM WARNINGS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED. SEAS 
WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE. AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE 
DROPPED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...COASTAL FLOOD 
ADVISORY...AND WIND ADVISORY...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE 
DAY.  

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL 
STORM WARNINGS ARE DROPPED AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.  

FOR BEACHGOERS...IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270945-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EAST 
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY
41009 THIS MORNING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE
WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010 LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL HAS BEEN REPORTING WIND GUSTS OF 55
TO 60 KNOTS. 

BUOYS 41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST WERE REPORTING SEAS AROUND 8 TO 10 FEET...WHILE BUOY 41009
WAS REPORTING SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE ALREADY 
PEAKED AROUND 30 TO 35 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 18 TO 20
FEET CLOSER TO SHORE.

LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
AS IRENE PULLS AWAY. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270945-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
541 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
THIS MORNING...PASSING RAIN SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WIND GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM DAYTONA
BEACH AND FLAGLER BEACH SOUTHWARD TO CAPE CANAVERAL.

AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES NORTH AND AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...THE PREVAILING WIND FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...AND
BECOME WEST OVER THE TREASURE COAST. PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL OCCUR. AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT. AREA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST TODAY...WITH THE 
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL 
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING 
THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6 PM 
TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY ARE IN 
EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

$$

690 
WTUS82 KMLB 261227
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
827 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BEACHES TODAY AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTHWARD AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FROM THE 8 AM ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN 
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA...A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF 
ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT 14 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 110 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED
FROM HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT DATA IS 945 MB OR 27.91 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS STEADILY MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE WATERS WELL 
OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS IT BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SIZE OF IRENE AND THE EXTENT OF THE 
WIND FIELD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OVER THE MARINE WATERS WILL 
DIMINISH GRADUALLY.

THROUGH NOON...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL 
MILES...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM 
20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WIND CONDITIONS WILL BECOME LESS FREQUENT SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE ALREADY PEAKED
BUT WILL STILL BE UP TO 15 TO 18 FEET WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF
THE COAST...AND 20 TO 25 FEET BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND AND NEAR THE COAST...RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE 
AROUND THE WESTERN FLANKS OF IRENE TO BRING LOCAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 
MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE
CANAVERAL.

LATER TODAY...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO 
NORTH AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE TROPICAL 
STORM WARNINGS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED. SEAS 
WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE. AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE 
DROPPED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...COASTAL FLOOD 
ADVISORY...AND WIND ADVISORY...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE 
DAY.  

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-271230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
827 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY
41009 THIS MORNING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE
WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010 LOCATED
120 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL HAS BEEN REPORTING
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 KNOTS.

BUOYS 41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST WERE REPORTING SEAS AROUND 6 TO 9 FEET...WHILE BUOY
41009 WAS REPORTING SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS HAVE
ALREADY PEAKED AROUND 30 TO 35 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND
18 TO 20 FEET CLOSER TO SHORE.

LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
AS IRENE PULLS AWAY. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE.

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-271230-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
827 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
THIS MORNING...PASSING RAIN SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35
TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM DAYTONA BEACH
AND FLAGLER BEACH SOUTHWARD TO CAPE CANAVERAL.

AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES NORTH AND AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...THE PREVAILING WIND FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...AND
BECOME WEST OVER THE TREASURE COAST. PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL OCCUR. AS A RESULT...A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. AREA WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOUTH TO NORTH AS
THE DAY PROGRESSES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST TODAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST
DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM
AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN EXTREME RIP
CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

VOLKMER

088 
WTUS82 KMLB 261517
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1117 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BEACHES TODAY...
...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED FOR THE 11 AM ADVISORY. TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS DISCONTINUED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
AND MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET AND ALONG THE COAST OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO SEBASTIAN INLET TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO
JUPITER INLET TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT TODAY UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 250 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 290 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT 14 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 105 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS
WELL OFFSHORE FROM THE GEORGIA COAST. AS IRENE MOVES AWAY...WINDS
WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET BUT REMAIN
STRONGER FROM 25 TO 35 KNOTS ACROSS THE WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN
INLET WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. IT IS
RECOMMENDED FOR SMALL CRAFT TO REMAIN IN PORT TODAY UNTIL WINDS
AND SEAS SUBSIDE. 

ACROSS COASTAL VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES...A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS NEAR 25 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE INTO LATE
AFTERNOON. A LOCAL OUTER SHOWER BAND MAY ALSO BRING WIND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH TODAY. FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY
AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE
DAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 230 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

AMZ550-552-570-572-261900-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
1117 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN FROM 30 TO 35 KNOTS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET INTO MID AFTERNOON. WITH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS CONTINUING ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS.  SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECLINE..BUT
STILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO 20 FEET OFFSHORE AND 12 TO 15 FEET NEAR
SHORE. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT TODAY.

$$

AMZ555-575-261630-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
1117 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 KNOT RANGE FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE 10 TO 14 FEET NEAR SHORE AND UP TO 15 TO
18 FEET OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD STILL REMAIN IN
PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE FURTHER.

$$

FLZ054-059-064-261630-
/O.CAN.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
1117 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO
MOVE WELL AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA. A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN
EFFECT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST TODAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST
DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM
AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN EXTREME RIP
CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED TODAY.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR INDIAN
RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER ADVISORY PRODUCTS THAT ARE IN
EFFECT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

$$

FLZ047-141-147-261900-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
1117 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO
MOVE WELL AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA. A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN
EFFECT. ANY SHOWERS THAT MOVE ONSHORE MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST TODAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST
DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM
AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN EXTREME RIP
CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

VOLKMER

080 
WTUS82 KMLB 261828
HLSMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH
TO SEBASTIAN INLET HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
AND MARINE INTERESTS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND
SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
IS NOW IN EFFECT.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 260 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FL...OR ABOUT 310 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT 14 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL 
PRESSURE WAS 951 MB OR 28.08 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

HURRICANE IRENE IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS
WELL OFFSHORE FROM THE GEORGIA COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS. A WIND ADVISORY
CONTINUES ACROSS LAND AREAS THROUGH 6 PM. 

MODERATE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
ATLANTIC WATERS INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK
EXPECTED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. 

AMZ550-552-570-572-261930-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 25
AND 30 KNOTS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SEAS TO 14
TO 18 FEET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT AS SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
SUBSIDE FURTHER LATER TONIGHT.

$$

FLZ047-141-147-261930-
/O.CAN.KMLB.HU.S.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
228 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA AND
BREVARD COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. FOR TONIGHT...SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS
OR WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AT THE COAST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH
EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST
DURING THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM
AND 6 PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. 

A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING. AN EXTREME RIP CURRENT THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

$$

VOLKMER