Alert archive / Florida / Hurricane Warnings in 2012
Hurricane Warning 1009, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this hurricane warning at Aug 26, 2012, 12:14 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2012, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 5:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
240 WTUS82 KTBW 260414 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1214 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTHWARD INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS AND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD... .NEW INFORMATION... THERE IS A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...AND POLK COUNTIES SOUTHWARD INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS AND A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE... HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO AND PASCO. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 12 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1N...LONGITUDE 77.2W. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT AND BE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. ISAAC IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY EARLY MONDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS...BUT IN GENERAL...EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLOODING TO BE THE MAIN THREATS STARTING LATER SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 6 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-853-270415- /O.UPG.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.TR.W.1009.120826T0414Z-000000T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- 1214 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ GMZ856-873-270415- /O.UPG.KTBW.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.TR.W.1009.120826T0414Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1214 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ GMZ876-270415- /O.UPG.KTBW.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.HU.W.1009.120826T0414Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1214 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ FLZ039-042-043-048-049-GMZ850-870-270415- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1214 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$
5 follow-up statements
184 WTUS82 KTBW 260453 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTHWARD INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS AND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD... .NEW INFORMATION... THERE IS A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...AND POLK COUNTIES SOUTHWARD INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS AND A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS... SARASOTA...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO AND PASCO. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 12 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1N...LONGITUDE 77.2W. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT AND BE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. ISAAC IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY EARLY MONDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS...BUT IN GENERAL...EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLOODING TO BE THE MAIN THREATS STARTING LATER SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 6 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 7 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 75 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY...AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. AS IT DOES SO...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... RAINBANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR TORNADOES STARTING LATE SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN AREAS AND INTO MONDAY CLOSER TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA. $$ GMZ830-853-856-873-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TAMPA BAY WATERS-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 19 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 83 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STARTING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SEAS OF 20 FEET OR GREATER MAY BE POSSIBLE OFFSHORE. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... RAINBANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS STARTING LATE SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN WATERS AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. $$ FLZ039-042-048-049-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. KEEP INFORMED WHILE LISTENING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...AND DO SO IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. GIVEN THE LATEST FORECAST...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR TORNADOES AS RAINBANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA STARTING MONDAY. $$ GMZ876-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 10 TO 19 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 87 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 55 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. SEAS OF 20 FEET OR GREATER MAY BE POSSIBLE OFFSHORE. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS AS RAINBANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVE THE WATERS STARTING DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. $$ GMZ850-870-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT NEED TO DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 14 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 74 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS OF 20 FEET OR GREATER MAY BE POSSIBLE OFFSHORE. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS ON MONDAY. $$ FLZ043-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SUMTER- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. KEEP INFORMED WHILE LISTENING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...AND DO SO IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 39 TO 47 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR TORNADOES AS RAINBANDS MOVE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. $$ FLZ052-056-057-061-270500- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO- 1253 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 63 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR TORNADOES AS RAINBANDS MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. $$ 05
815 WTUS82 KTBW 260907 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD THROUGH LEVY COUNTY... .NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE THE NATURE COAST COUNTIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO AND PASCO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS... SARASOTA...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1N...LONGITUDE 79.0W. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A GENERAL NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SPEED. THE CENTER OF ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEN INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH ISAAC WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FLOODING. CONDITIONS WILL START TO DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH STARTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 12 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ050-051-055-060-270915- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$ GMZ830-853-856-873-270915- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TAMPA BAY WATERS-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$ FLZ039-042-048-049-270915- /O.UPG.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ GMZ876-270915- /O.CON.KTBW.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$ GMZ850-870-270915- /O.UPG.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ FLZ062-065-270915- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$ FLZ052-056-057-061-270915- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... $$ FLZ043-270915- /O.UPG.KTBW.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SUMTER- 507 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ 05
277 WTUS82 KTBW 260949 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD THROUGH LEVY COUNTY... .NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE THE NATURE COAST COUNTIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA... DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1N...LONGITUDE 79.0W. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A GENERAL NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SPEED. THE CENTER OF ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEN INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH ISAAC WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FLOODING. CONDITIONS WILL START TO DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH STARTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 12 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ050-051-055-060-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 75 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STARTING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ830-853-856-873-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TAMPA BAY WATERS-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 22 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STARTING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SEAS OF 20 FEET OR GREATER MAY BE POSSIBLE OFFSHORE. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ039-042-048-049-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 65 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 4 TO 7 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ876-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HURRICANE 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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 29 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 94 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 55 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ850-870-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 14 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 81 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. SEAS OF 20 FEET OR GREATER MAY BE POSSIBLE OFFSHORE. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ062-065-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 82 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ043-052-056-057-061-271000- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SUMTER-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO- 549 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 69 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STARTING SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ 05
895 WTUS82 KTBW 261702 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .NEW INFORMATION... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA... DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM...BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT TO 20 NM...AS WELL AS TAMPA BAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.9N...LONGITUDE 80.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY FL...OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FL. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A GENERAL NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH ISAAC WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FLOODING. CONDITIONS WILL START TO DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH STARTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ039-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 38 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 4 TO 7 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ042-048-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CITRUS-HERNANDO- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 47 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE- THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ049>051-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 65 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON MONDAY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE- THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ055-060-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MANATEE-SARASOTA- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 77 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON MONDAY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ062-065-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH 589 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 84 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CRITICAL THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A HIGH IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN VERY DAMAGING AND LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN GRAVE DANGER AND MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. MOST COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE HEAVILY DAMAGED...WITH MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE DESTROYED BY BATTERING WAVES AND FLOATING DEBRIS. SOME SHORESIDE CONDOMINIUMS AND HOTELS MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH INADEQUATE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY TO EXTEND WELL INLAND...FURTHER EXPANDING THE OVERALL THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOST VEHICLES OF ANY TYPE WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR SWEPT AWAY. SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MOST ROADS AND SOME BRIDGES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT...LEAVING ENTIRE FLOOD-PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES CUT OFF...PERHAPS FOR A WEEK OR MORE...AND WITH NO POWER OR WATER. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ FLZ043-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SUMTER- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 41 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...INLAND FLOODING... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ052-056-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ POLK-HARDEE- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 64 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ057-061-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ HIGHLANDS-DESOTO- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH 589 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 70 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES... STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ GMZ876-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HURRICANE 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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 18 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 98 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND PEAKING AT AROUND 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT DAY AND MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ856-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH 589 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND PEAKING AT AROUND 15 FEET LATE TONIGHT DAY AND MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ GMZ830-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TAMPA BAY WATERS- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 68 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. BAY WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY ROUGH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ853-873-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 7 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND PEAK AT AROUND 20 FEET WELL OFFSHORE AND AROUND 15 FEET NEARSHORE ON MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ850-870-271715- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 102 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 69 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND PEAK AT AROUND 20 FEET WELL OFFSHORE AND AROUND 15 FEET NEARSHORE ON LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ PRC
660 WTUS82 KTBW 262156 HLSTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LEVY...CITRUS... HERNANDO...SUMTER AND PASCO COUNTIES. HURRICANE WARNING FOR BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD 20 TO 60 NM HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR DESOTO... HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF FLORIDA WEST WEST COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS... SARASOTA...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM...BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT TO 20 NM... AS WELL AS TAMPA BAY. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2N...LONGITUDE 82.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH OF MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY FL...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MYERS FL. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A GENERAL NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT... MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON TUESDAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH ISAAC WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. CONDITIONS WILL START TO DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TONIGHT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN AROUND 7 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FLZ039-262300- /O.CAN.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LEVY- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ042-048-049-262300- /O.CAN.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ050-051-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 65 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON MONDAY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE- THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ055-060-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ MANATEE-SARASOTA- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 77 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON MONDAY. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MODERATE IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING AND LIFE- THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE STAYING BEHIND IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE...AND ONE STORY DWELLINGS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF. ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ...INLAND FLOODING... 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ062-065-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 84 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS NOT CURRENTLY PREDICTED TO MOVE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS RESULTING IN A WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDES ON LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CRITICAL THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A HIGH IMPACT. THE CONCERN IS FOR THE CHANCE OF MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...RESULTING IN VERY DAMAGING AND LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION. IF REALIZED...PEOPLE WITHIN THE THREATENED AREAS WHO FAILED TO HEED OFFICIAL EVACUATION ORDERS WILL HAVE NEEDLESSLY PLACED THEIR LIVES IN GRAVE DANGER AND MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. MOST COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE HEAVILY DAMAGED...WITH MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE SHORE DESTROYED BY BATTERING WAVES AND FLOATING DEBRIS. SOME SHORESIDE CONDOMINIUMS AND HOTELS MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH INADEQUATE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY TO EXTEND WELL INLAND...FURTHER EXPANDING THE OVERALL THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOST VEHICLES OF ANY TYPE WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR SWEPT AWAY. SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MOST ROADS AND SOME BRIDGES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT...LEAVING ENTIRE FLOOD-PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES CUT OFF...PERHAPS FOR A WEEK OR MORE...AND WITH NO POWER OR WATER. ...INLAND FLOODING... 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ FLZ043-262300- /O.CAN.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SUMTER- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ052-056-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ POLK-HARDEE- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 64 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ FLZ057-061-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ HIGHLANDS-DESOTO- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 70 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT. ...INLAND FLOODING... 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ GMZ876-272200- /O.CAN.KTBW.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ GMZ856-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND PEAKING AT AROUND 15 FEET LATE TONIGHT DAY AND MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ GMZ830-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TAMPA BAY WATERS- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 68 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. BAY WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY ROUGH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ853-873-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...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. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 7 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND PEAK AT AROUND 20 FEET WELL OFFSHORE AND AROUND 15 FEET NEARSHORE ON MONDAY. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ GMZ850-870-272200- /O.CON.KTBW.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 69 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD DURING THE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND PEAK AT AROUND 20 FEET WELL OFFSHORE AND AROUND 15 FEET NEARSHORE ON LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM ISAAC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane warning went out at Aug 25, 11:53 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 11:53 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1153 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
.UPDATE...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS AND
FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...
DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO
IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD
OUT 20NM TO 60NM. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
TARPON SPRINGS NORTH THROUGH SUWANNEE RIVER.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 837 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012/
FOR THE EVENING UPDATE...
RELATIVELY QUITE NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WITH INCREASING HIGH
CLOUDINESS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS MOISTURE TRIES TO PUSH
NORTHWEST FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH AN U/L
DISTURBANCE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO T.S. ISAAC. COMPLEX SITUATION
REMAINS OVER THE REGION WITH A 30H-40H TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN
GULF WHICH IS GRADUALLY BEING PINCHED OFF WITH THE DRIER AIR
ERODING AND BEING SHUNTED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF. A
PERSISTENT U/L LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS HAS BEEN
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IN THAT REGION FOR THE PAST 24
HOURS. BUT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AS THEY PUSH
NORTHWEST INTO THE DRIER MID LEVEL AIR OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
ALL EYES WILL REMAIN ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF T.S.
ISAAC AS IT MOVES ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA TONIGHT AND
APPROACHES THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE SUNDAY. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS
TRACK AND INTENSITY OF ISAAC OVER THE EASTERN GULF MONDAY AND
EARLY TUESDAY WILL DETERMINE IMPACT OVER WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
AVIATION...
NE WINDS 5-11KT WITH VFR CIGS BECOMING MVFR LAT NIGHT. SUN MORNING
CONDITIONS BEGIN TO DETERIORATE...MORE SOUTH IN THE SOUTH. FROM SRQ
NORTH...NE WINDS WITH GUST UP TO 30KT AND PREVAILING TSRA WITH
BKN030-050 AFTER 18Z. SOUTH OF SRQ...ENE WINDS GUSTING TO 30KT WITH
PREVAILING TSRA AND MVFR CIGS AFTER 18Z. EXPECT PERIODS OF PROB30
IFR VSBY/CIGS IN RA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 76 90 78 84 / 20 50 70 70
FMY 75 86 77 85 / 30 90 80 70
GIF 74 91 75 85 / 20 50 70 70
SRQ 75 91 78 87 / 20 50 70 70
BKV 70 90 79 86 / 20 50 70 70
SPG 78 89 79 85 / 20 40 70 70
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR CITRUS-HERNANDO-LEVY-PASCO-
SUMTER.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CHARLOTTE-DESOTO-HARDEE-
HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PINELLAS-POLK-
SARASOTA.
GULF WATERS...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER
OUT 20 NM-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO
60 NM.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT
20 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-ENGLEWOOD
TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-TAMPA BAY WATERS.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO
60 NM.
&&
SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...13/OGLESBY
LONG TERM/AVIATION...09/RUDEHazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:43 AM EDT, 19 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 443 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-252045- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 443 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES THESE WILL BE ISOLATED BUT BECOME SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON. THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WILL HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT INCREASE TO NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON...AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF ISAAC MOVES INTO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION SOME LOCALLY HEAVY BRIEF RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...POTENTIAL TROPICAL IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...CURRENTLY MOVING AROUND THE COAST OF HAITI EARLY THIS MORNING...IS FORECAST BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO MOVE ON A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD TRACK THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISAAC TO IMPACT THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF ISAAC AND AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ISAAC WILL HAVE DIRECT IMPACT ON WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA....HOWEVER ALL INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT THE LATEST GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD NORTHWARD SUNDAY AND COVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY MONDAY. SHOWER AND STORMS BEGIN TO TAPER BACK TO SCATTERED ON TUESDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...TORNADO IMPACT... ISAAC APPROACHES WITH PERIPHERAL BANDS SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... WINDS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...REACHING TROPICAL STORMS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY. HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...MAINLY ON THE OUTER WATERS. THESE WIND SPEEDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY ROUGH TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. ALL MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. 09/RKR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 46 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 4 days |
| Aug 26, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 21 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 68 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco | 21 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Hurricane Local Statement | TBW | 17 hr |
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