** WTSR20 WSSS 240600 *** NO STORM WARNING= ** WTNT34 KNHC 241300 *** TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE WILMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36B NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 9 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER...AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS... BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 9 AM EDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL EMERGE OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. THIS IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EYEWALL EXTEND WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE RELATIVE CALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WIND SPEEDS ABOUT ONE CATEGORY STRONGER COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. SOME CONTINUED WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. RECENTLY THE FOWEY ROCKS COASTAL-MARINE AUTOMATED NETWORK STATION...AN ELEVATED PLATFORM JUST OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM KEY BISCAYNE... REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 116 MPH. OPA LOCKA AIRPORT REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 85 MPH WITH A GUST TO 105 MPH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 952 MB...28.11 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 12 TO 18 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER HAS MADE LANDFALL. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 9 FT ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY... AS WELL AS IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. WESTERN CUBA MAY SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. REPEATING THE 9 AM EDT POSITION...26.3 N... 80.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTUS82 KMLB 241301 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 241600- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 855 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA PLOWING ACROSS THE PENINSULA.... ...NEW INFORMATION... SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN BREVARD COUNTY ON A1A NEAR FLORIDANA BEACH EXTENDING INLAND TO WEST MELBOURNE ON ROAD 192. DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INNER BANDS AND EYEWALL OF WILMA SPREADING ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO TITUSVILLE...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BREVARD...VOLUSIA...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...AND LAKE COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 830 AM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE MOVING STEADILY NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY SAFELY INSIDE AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR TORNADO WARNINGS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THEIR AREA THIS MORNING AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO...OR EVEN FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITHIN THE INNER RAINBANDS AND EYEWALL OF WILMA...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BLOCK HOME OR BUILDING...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ...WIND IMPACTS... DAMAGING WINDS WERE QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS THE OKEECHOBEE AND TREASURE COAST AREAS. THESE DAMAGING WINDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INNER BANDS AND EYEWALL OF WILMA AND WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND HURRICANE FORCE...WITH THE INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH...GUSTING BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH THROUGH 11 AM. RESIDENTS IN THE CITIES OF OKEECHOBEE...PORT SAINT LUCIE...STUART...AND FORT PIERCE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE ONSET OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS!!! ...TORNADO IMPACTS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 11 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO THE ACTUAL WIND THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH WILMA AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. HOWEVER...UNTIL THAT TIME...A HIGH THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL PERSIST. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE OVER BREVARD...OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND SOUTH VOLUSIA COUNTIES. STRONG TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... LAKE...VOLUSIA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A LARGE AREA HAS RECEIVED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NWS MELBOURNE AROUND NOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB AND CLICKING ON WILMA LOCAL INFO. $$ DWS ** WTUS82 KMFL 241308 *** HLSMFL AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-241415- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 908 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA MOVING INTO METRO BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES... HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS UPDATED WIND INFORMATION ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 11 AM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 9 AM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE EYE OF WILMA JUST EAST OF THE BIG CYPRESS INDIAN COMMUNITY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST PALM BEACH COUNTY OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT LAUDERDALE OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH. WILMA IS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK THE EYE OF WILMA SHOULD BE MOVING OFFSHORE THE SOUTH FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST AROUND NOON TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STRONG SPIRAL BAND WITH OCCASIONAL SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND FREQUENT HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH METRO BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION THROUGH 10 AM EDT. ALL RESIDENTS OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA MUST STAY INDOORS IN A SAFE PLACE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE LARGE EYE OF WILMA IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE EVERGLADES AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BROWARD...PALM BEACH AND EXTREME NORTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC AROUND NOON TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A SHORT WINDOW OF ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO FOR ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS BEFORE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EYEWALL COMES BACK TO RENEW HURRICANE CONDITIONS FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING THE EYE UNLESS EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL RAISE PROJECTILES WHICH WILL BECOME POTENTIAL DEADLY MISSILES AND PERSONS MUST NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE. PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE OUTSIDE...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. STAY AWAY FROM UNSHUTTERED WINDOWS OR WEAK GARAGE DOORS. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... HURRICANE WILMA IS NOW INLAND OVER MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. THE STORM SURGE MAXIMIZED AROUND 6 TO 7 AM EDT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST ESPECIALLY THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK AND WILL SLOWLY BE DIMINISHING. AS THE STORM MOVES FURTHER INLAND...THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND THE SURGE SHOULD RECEDE STEADILY. THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE INTO FLORIDA BAY IS STILL OCCURRING BUT AS WINDS BECOME MORE OFFSHORE BY 10 AM...SOME IMPROVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED AT FLAMINGO AND EXTREME SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND CARD SOUND ROAD. THE SURGE SHOULD BE STEADILY RECEDING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF FLORIDA BAY. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY... TIDES ARE RUNNING 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A STORM TIDE OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS NOW OCCURRING...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN CANALS AND WATERWAYS. FLOODING FROM SURGE WILL CONTINUE IN LOW LYING AREAS OF MATHESON HAMMOCK AND FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS AND PARTS OF CORAL GABLES AND COCONUT GROVE AND ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE MIAMI RIVER. LOW LYING AREAS ON THE BAY SIDES OF KEY BISCAYNE AND VIRGINIA KEY CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OVER THE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY COASTS...STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 4 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED MID MORNING. AS THE WIND FLOW BECOMES OFFSHORE BY NOON...STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL SUBSIDE SLOWLY. FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY MORNING TO AROUND NOON MONDAY OVER AREAS INSIDE THE DIKE FROM LAKEPORT TO CLEWISTON...WITH 2 TO 5 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS ELSEWHERE FROM BUCKHEAD RIDGE SOUTH TO LAKEPORT...AND FROM CLEWISTON THROUGH PORT MAYACA. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. ...WIND IMPACTS... THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME IS NOW AND LASTING FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ALL PEOPLE SHOULD STAY SECURE INDOORS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM UNSHUTTERED WINDOWS AND DOORS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS ARE NOW BEING REPORTED ACROSS ALMOST ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN BROWARD...EASTERN HENDRY...EASTERN COLLIER...AND NORTHWEST DADE INTO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION... METRO BROWARD AND METRO PALM BEACH COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FOR METRO COLLIER COUNTY...THE WIND ON THE BACK SIDE OF WILMA'S EYE HAS BECOME NORTHERLY BUT STILL GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH. A GUST TO 121 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE COLLIER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AT 845 AM EDT. RESIDENTS OF METRO COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE CAN EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUBSIDING OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND METRO ATLANTIC COAST AREAS BY MID AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE SUBSIDING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FINALLY ENDING ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS EVENING. PERSONS MUST NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. WHEN USING GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... EXTREME HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM MIAMI ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS METRO COLLIER COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST SPIRAL BANDS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WILMA HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERAL SPIRAL BANDS WITH TORNADIC SIGNATURES ON RADAR...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TROPICAL CYCLONE INDUCED TORNADOES ARE QUICK FORMING AND QUICK MOVING...AND USUALLY ONLY LAST A FEW MINUTES. DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE EYE WALL AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE PENINSULA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 AM. $$ PFOST ** WTUS82 KTBW 241328 *** HLSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-241530- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 920 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A CATEGORY 2 STORM WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY. TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTLINE AND TIDAL SHORELINES OF LEE...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL OR NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF LEE...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTLINE AND TIDAL SHORELINES OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO...HERNANDO CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL OR NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK... PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...SUMTER AND LEVY COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM EDT TODAY. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA...THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD...AND THE PEACE RIVER AT ARCADIA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 9 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS AND 160 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA. WILMA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ...WIND IMPACTS... DANGEROUS WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...AND POSSIBLY DESOTO AND HIGHLANDS COUNTY. A PERIOD OF WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 AM. WINDS WILL DECREASE ALONG THE COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE INTERIOR PENINSULA BY MID AFTERNOON. FOR SARASOTA AND HARDEE COUNTIES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM. IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND POINTS NORTH THROUGH HERNANDO COUNTY... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT NOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. IMPACTS FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTY INCLUDE: POORLY CONSTRUCTED OR UNSECURED MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. OTHERS WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WALLS... AND WINDOWS...AND WILL LIKELY BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE PARTIAL WALL AND ROOF FAILURE...AS WELL AS BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. MOST LANAI SCREENS AND POOL CAGES WILL HAVE DAMAGE...SOME WILL BE DESTROYED. UNSECURED LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND PERHAPS INJURY. MANY AREAS WILL HAVE POWER OUTAGES...HUNDREDS OF WIRES WILL FALL...TRANSFORMERS WILL POP...AND SOME POWER POLES WILL BE PULLED DOWN. ROTTING LARGE TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...MOST COMMON ON SATURATED GROUND. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP...AND MODERATE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED IN CITRUS GROVE. UP TO ONE HALF OF NEWLY PLANTED CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED. IMPACTS FOR SARASOTA...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...AND HARDEE COUNTY INCLUDE: OLDER MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SOME OF POOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES ...SIDING...AND GUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. MANY LANAI SCREENS AND POOL CAGES WILL BE DAMAGED. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. DOZENS OF PALM FRONDS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO CITRUS GROVES AND NEWLY PLANTED LOWLAND CROPS. IMPACTS FOR THE TAMPA BAY AND LAKELAND AREAS INCLUDE: MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. A FEW POOL CAGES AND LANAI SCREENS WILL BE DAMAGED. UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. A FEW PALM FRONDS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. ...SURGE IMPACTS... TIDES HAVE RETURNED TO ABOUT NORMAL AT GAGING POINTS FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH. NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO EVACUATE WATER FROM COASTAL AREAS. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. HIGHER LOCALIZED AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PENINSULA AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCLUDING THE FORT MYERS AREA. GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH WILL OCCUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD...AS THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST...AND OVER THE INTERIOR BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR HURRICANE WILMA WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN AROUND 915 AM EDT THIS MORNING. $$ EO/RD ** WTUS82 KEYW 241345 *** HLSEYW FLZ076-077-078-GMZ031-032-033-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-241530- HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 945 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED. STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...AND ALL SURROUNDING WATERS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MONDAY FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...STORM INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. AT 900 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST...WHICH IS ABOUT 136 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEY WEST...AND ABOUT 113 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE IN SIZE...WITH SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING UP TO 90 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER...AND WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 230 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 952 MB...OR 28.11 INCHES OF MERCURY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD STAY IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...MANY ROADS REMAIN INUNDATED FROM THE STORM TIDE. IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DO NOT DRIVE UNTIL WIND...TIDE...AND ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TODAY. MONROE COUNTY OFFICES AND COURTS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DAYTIME CUSTODIANS SHOULD REPORT TUESDAY. ALL CAMPUSES OF FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY. ...WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE UPPER KEYS UNTIL AROUND 1000 AM. THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WIND GUSTS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REPORTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGE. SOME RECENT PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS FROM OTHER GAUGES INCLUDE 105 MPH AT SOMBRERO KEY...AND 84 MPH AT LONG KEY. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. HIGH WATER DUE TO THE STORM TIDE...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN MOST MARINAS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...THE STORM SURGE IS SLOWLY SUBSIDING IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...THE STORM SURGE ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND NOON...AT BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. AFTER THAT...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE RAPIDLY. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. IF YOU LIVE IN A HIGHLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. VISIT OUR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ SD ** WTUS82 KMFL 241352 *** HLSMFL AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-241515- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 952 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA'S EYE MOVING ACROSS METRO PALM BEACH AND NORTH BROWARD COUNTIES AND INTO THE ATLANTIC... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES... HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS UPDATED WIND INFORMATION ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 11 AM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 950 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE EYE OF WILMA OVER METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WILMA IS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE EYE OF WILMA IS NOW MOVING THROUGH METRO PALM BEACH AS WINDS COME BACK TO SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE FINISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE WINDS WILL COME BACK WITH EQUAL FORCE BY 930 AM EDT. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING THE EYE UNLESS EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING BUT FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AS THE CENTER MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC. SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL RAISE PROJECTILES WHICH WILL BECOME POTENTIAL DEADLY MISSILES AND PERSONS MUST NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE. PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE OUTSIDE...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. STAY AWAY FROM UNSHUTTERED WINDOWS OR WEAK GARAGE DOORS. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AND THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA BAY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING NOW THAT THE WINDS ARE BLOWING PARALLEL TO THE COAST OR OFFSHORE. STORM SURGE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY... SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE NOW THAT WINDS WILL BE BLOWING OFFSHORE. FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE FROM LAKEPORT TO SOUTH BAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE MOVING TOWARD BELLE GLADE...PAHOKEE...AND CANAL POINT AS THE WIND DIRECTION BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE SURGE WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. ...WIND IMPACTS... THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME IS NOW AND LASTING FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ALL PEOPLE SHOULD STAY SECURE INDOORS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM UNSHUTTERED WINDOWS AND DOORS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INCLUDING A WIND GUST TO 101 MPH AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 914 AM EDT. HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS ALMOST ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. AS THE WIND BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST AND WESTERLY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE EYE...TROPICAL STORM FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BUT SLOWLY IMPROVING. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE SUBSIDING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FINALLY ENDING ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS EVENING. PERSONS MUST NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ESTIMATED 1.6 MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT 8 AM EDT. WHEN USING GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... EXTREME HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. A WIND GUST TO 123 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE FOWEY ROCKS C-MAN AT 9 AM EDT. WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM MIAMI ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS METRO COLLIER COUNTY NORTHEAST TO IMMOKALEE INTO HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST SPIRAL BANDS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WILMA HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERAL SPIRAL BANDS WITH TORNADIC SIGNATURES ON RADAR...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TROPICAL CYCLONE INDUCED TORNADOES ARE QUICK FORMING AND QUICK MOVING...AND USUALLY ONLY LAST A FEW MINUTES. DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE EYE WALL AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE PENINSULA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM EDT. $$ PFOST ** WTNT54 KNHC 241359 *** TCEAT4 HURRICANE WILMA TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 AT 10 AM EDT...1400Z... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTUS82 KEYW 241402 CCA *** HLSEYW FLZ076-077-078-GMZ031-032-033-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-241530- HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 945 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED. STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...AND ALL SURROUNDING WATERS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MONDAY FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...STORM INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. AT 900 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST...WHICH IS ABOUT 136 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEY WEST...AND ABOUT 113 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE IN SIZE...WITH SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING UP TO 90 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER...AND WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 230 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 952 MB...OR 28.11 INCHES OF MERCURY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD STAY IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...MANY ROADS REMAIN INUNDATED FROM THE STORM TIDE. IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DO NOT DRIVE UNTIL WIND...TIDE...AND ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TODAY. MONROE COUNTY OFFICES AND COURTS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DAYTIME CUSTODIANS SHOULD REPORT TUESDAY. ALL CAMPUSES OF FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY. ...WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE UPPER KEYS UNTIL AROUND 1000 AM. THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WIND GUSTS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REPORTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGE. SOME RECENT PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS FROM OTHER GAUGES INCLUDE 105 MPH AT SOMBRERO KEY...AND 84 MPH AT LONG KEY. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. HIGH WATER DUE TO THE STORM TIDE...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN MOST MARINAS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...THE STORM SURGE IS SLOWLY SUBSIDING IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...THE STORM SURGE ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND NOON...AT BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. AFTER THAT...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE RAPIDLY. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. IF YOU LIVE IN A HIGHLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. VISIT OUR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ SD ** WTUS82 KEYW 241407 CCB *** HLSEYW FLZ076-077-078-GMZ031-032-033-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-241530- HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 945 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. WIND IMPACTS UPDATED. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED. STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...AND ALL SURROUNDING WATERS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MONDAY FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. ...STORM INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. AT 900 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST...WHICH IS ABOUT 136 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEY WEST...AND ABOUT 113 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE IN SIZE...WITH SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING UP TO 90 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER...AND WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 230 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 952 MB...OR 28.11 INCHES OF MERCURY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD STAY IN THE SAFEST PLACE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...MANY ROADS REMAIN INUNDATED FROM THE STORM TIDE. IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DO NOT DRIVE UNTIL WIND...TIDE...AND ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TODAY. MONROE COUNTY OFFICES AND COURTS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DAYTIME CUSTODIANS SHOULD REPORT TUESDAY. ALL CAMPUSES OF FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY. ...WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE UPPER KEYS UNTIL AROUND 1000 AM. THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WIND GUSTS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REPORTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGE. SOME RECENT PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS FROM OTHER GAUGES INCLUDE 105 MPH AT SOMBRERO KEY...AND 84 MPH AT LONG KEY. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. HIGH WATER DUE TO THE STORM TIDE...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN MOST MARINAS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... THE STORM SURGE IS SLOWLY SUBSIDING IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. HOWEVER...THE STORM SURGE ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND NOON...AT BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. AFTER THAT...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE RAPIDLY. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. IF YOU LIVE IN A HIGHLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 AM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. VISIT OUR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ SD ** WTNT45 KNHC 241437 *** TCDAT5 TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA DISCUSSION NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ALPHA CONTINUES TO SHOW CURVED LOW CLOUD LINES WITH A PATCH OF CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE APPARENT CENTER. HOWEVER... MORNING VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES DO NOT DEFINITIVELY SHOW A CLOSED CIRCULATION AS THE CYCLONE MOVES NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE OF HURRICANE WILMA. THIS ADVISORY WILL KEEP THE SYSTEM AS A 30 KT DEPRESSION BASED ON SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM TAFB... SAB...AND AFWA. HOWEVER...IF A CLOSED CIRCULATION DOES NOT BECOME MORE APPARENT...ADVISORIES COULD BE DISCONTINUED THIS AFTERNOON. THE INITIAL MOTION IS 010/17. ALPHA SHOULD ACCELERATE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 12 HR BEFORE BEING ABSORBED BY THE LARGER AND MORE POWERFUL WILMA APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. FORECASTER BEVEN FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 24/1500Z 25.9N 72.2W 30 KT 12HR VT 25/0000Z 31.0N 70.6W 30 KT 24HR VT 25/1200Z...ABSORBED BY HURRICANE WILMA $$ ** WTNT35 KNHC 241438 *** TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...ALPHA EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS HURRICANE WILMA APPROACHES IT... AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.2 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES... 545 KM...NORTH OF GREAT INAGUA ISLAND AND ABOUT 630 MILES...1010 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALPHA SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT IS ABSORBED BY THE LARGER AND MORE POWERFUL HURRICANE WILMA. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...25.9 N... 72.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN $$ ** WTNT25 KNHC 241439 *** TCMAT5 TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL252005 1500Z MON OCT 24 2005 TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.9N 72.2W AT 24/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 10 DEGREES AT 17 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1004 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.9N 72.2W AT 24/1500Z AT 24/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.1N 72.6W FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 31.0N 70.6W MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z...ABSORBED BY HURRICANE WILMA REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.9N 72.2W NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/2100Z FORECASTER BEVEN $$ ** WTNT24 KNHC 241457 *** TCMAT4 HURRICANE WILMA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL242005 1500Z MON OCT 24 2005 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY... ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS... BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.9N 80.0W AT 24/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 45 DEGREES AT 22 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 956 MB EYE DIAMETER 55 NM MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 90 KT WITH GUSTS TO 110 KT. 64 KT....... 75NE 85SE 75SW 50NW. 50 KT.......125NE 125SE 100SW 90NW. 34 KT.......200NE 225SE 200SW 150NW. 12 FT SEAS..325NE 300SE 200SW 325NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.9N 80.0W AT 24/1500Z AT 24/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.2N 81.0W FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 30.3N 75.8W MAX WIND 85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT. 64 KT... 70NE 85SE 60SW 30NW. 50 KT...125NE 150SE 125SW 75NW. 34 KT...200NE 225SE 200SW 175NW. FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 36.1N 68.9W MAX WIND 70 KT...GUSTS 85 KT. 64 KT... 60NE 85SE 40SW 20NW. 50 KT...100NE 175SE 75SW 50NW. 34 KT...225NE 250SE 225SW 125NW. FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 42.1N 61.6W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 60 KT...GUSTS 75 KT. 50 KT...100NE 175SE 75SW 50NW. 34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW. FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 44.9N 55.7W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 60 KT...GUSTS 75 KT. 50 KT...100NE 175SE 75SW 50NW. 34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW. FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 46.5N 44.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 55 KT...GUSTS 65 KT. 50 KT...100NE 175SE 75SW 50NW. 34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 47.5N 36.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 55 KT...GUSTS 65 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 29/1200Z 49.0N 25.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 50 KT...GUSTS 60 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.9N 80.0W NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/2100Z FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTNT34 KNHC 241457 *** TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE WILMA ADVISORY NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...LARGE EYE OF WILMA OVER PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA... ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ON BACK SIDE OF EYE MOVING INTO METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA... ...REMAIN INDOORS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY... ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS... BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES... 25 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE LARGE EYE WILL EMERGE OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EYEWALL EXTEND WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER. PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE RELATIVE CALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WIND SPEEDS ABOUT ONE CATEGORY STRONGER COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. SOME CONTINUED GRADUAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA EMERGES OFF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES...160 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 956 MB...28.23 INCHES. STORM SURGE SHOULD BE DECREASING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST...THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN UPPER FLORIDA BAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS WILMA EXITS FLORIDA...STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE PALM BEACH...MARTIN...AND ST. LUCIE SHORELINES TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM TRACK. STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA...WITH MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. WESTERN CUBA MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...26.9 N... 80.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB. INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM EDT AND 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTNT74 KNHC 241458 *** SPFAT4 HURRICANE WILMA PROBABILITIES NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 PROBABILITIES FOR GUIDANCE IN HURRICANE PROTECTION PLANNING BY GOVERNMENT AND DISASTER OFFICIALS AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST CHANCES OF CENTER OF THE HURRICANE PASSING WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES OF LISTED LOCATIONS THROUGH 8AM EDT THU OCT 27 2005 LOCATION A B C D E LOCATION A B C D E 36.1N 68.9W 22 10 X X 32 MONCTON NB X 2 3 X 5 42.1N 61.6W X 16 6 1 23 YARMOUTH NS X 5 2 1 8 44.9N 55.7W X 1 13 2 16 HALIFAX NS X 7 6 X 13 MYGF 266N 787W 72 X X X 72 SABLE ISLAND NS X 8 11 X 19 MARATHON FL 9 X X X 9 SYDNEY NS X 2 11 1 14 MIAMI FL 99 X X X 99 EDDY POINT NS X 4 10 1 15 W PALM BEACH FL 99 X X X 99 PTX BASQUES NFLD X 1 9 1 11 FT PIERCE FL 99 X X X 99 BURGEO NFLD X X 10 3 13 COCOA BEACH FL 15 X X X 15 ILE ST PIERRE X X 12 3 15 CAPE HATTERAS NC 2 X X X 2 CAPE RACE NFLD X X 7 7 14 NANTUCKET MA X 3 X X 3 HIBERNIA OILFLD X X 1 10 11 HYANNIS MA X 2 X X 2 MARCO ISLAND FL 99 X X X 99 EASTPORT ME X 2 1 X 3 FT MYERS FL 99 X X X 99 ST JOHN NB X 2 2 X 4 COLUMN DEFINITION PROBABILITIES IN PERCENT A IS PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 8AM TUE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROBABILITIES B FROM 8AM TUE TO 8PM TUE C FROM 8PM TUE TO 8AM WED D FROM 8AM WED TO 8AM THU E IS TOTAL PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 8AM THU X MEANS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTUS82 KMFL 241505 *** HLSMFL AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-241615- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1105 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA'S EYE MOVING OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC FROM METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES... HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED WATCH WARNING INFORMATION UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS UPDATED WIND INFORMATION ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRED AT 11 AM EDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...STORM INFORMATION... THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EYE WALL IS NOW AFFECTING THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AND METRO BROWARD AND WILL BE AFFECTING METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS AT LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE EYE OF WILMA OFF THE PALM BEACH COAST EAST OF JUPITER MOVING RAPIDLY OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WILMA IS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC. IT IS NOT SAFE TO VENTURE OUTSIDE YET...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE COMING AGAIN WITH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE EYE WALL ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA AND METRO BROWARD AND IN AN HOUR OR TWO ACROSS METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE OCCURRING ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING BY NOON ACROSS METRO COLLIER COUNTY AND WILL BE ENDING ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE DECREASING SLOWLY ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY SQUALLS IN THE SPIRAL BANDS. POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS MANY PARTS OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ONES THAT MAY BE DOWN IN STANDING WATER. REPORT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AT 1-800-4 OUTAGE. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AND THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA BAY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING NOW THAT THE WINDS ARE BLOWING PARALLEL TO THE COAST OR OFFSHORE. STORM SURGE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY... SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE NOW THAT WINDS WILL BE BLOWING OFFSHORE. FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE FROM LAKEPORT TO SOUTH BAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE MOVING TOWARD BELLE GLADE...PAHOKEE...AND CANAL POINT AS THE WIND DIRECTION BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE SURGE WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST EYE WALL WHICH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AS WELL AS METRO BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH NOON. AT 1050 AM A WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS REPORTED AT FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AT 930 AM EDT A GUST TO 102 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DATA SITE IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE CAN BE EXPECTED. PERSONS MUST NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ESTIMATED 1.6 MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT 8 AM EDT. WHEN USING GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS. SOUTH FLORIDIANS WILL NOTICE A DISTINCTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS MOVING INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE WILMA. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM MIAMI ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS METRO COLLIER COUNTY NORTHEAST TO IMMOKALEE INTO HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST SPIRAL BANDS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA BUT WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON. ...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA EXPIRED AT 11 AM EDT. AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC AND AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND NOON EDT. $$ PFOST ** WTNT84 KNHC 241506 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC011-015-021-027-071-086-087-099-115-AMZ630-650-651-670-671-GMZ031- 033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTNT44 KNHC 241510 *** TCDAT4 HURRICANE WILMA DISCUSSION NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 THE GEOMETRIC CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE OF WILMA IS NOW MOVING OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA NEAR PALM BEACH. HOWEVER...THE EYE REMAINS QUITE LARGE AND COMPLETELY INTACT... EVEN ON THE WEST OR BACK SIDE THAT IS STILL OVER THE PENINSULA. SOME INLAND AREAS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A RELATIVE CALM PERIOD... BUT ONE THAT IS FAIRLY SHORT-LIVED DUE TO THE FAST NORTHEASTWARD MOTION OF ABOUT 22 KT. WINDS IN THE WESTERN EYEWALL REMAIN JUST ABOUT AS STRONG AS ON THE EAST SIDE. NWS MIAMI WSR-88D RADAR VELOCITIES STILL INDICATE WINDS NEAR 120 KT AT ABOUT 5000 FT OVER LAND. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE PROBABLY STILL OCCURRING OVER WATER... AND THE INTENSITY IS LOWERED ONLY SLIGHTLY TO 90 KT. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA INDICATE THE SYSTEM REMAINS LARGE... AND NONE OF THE WARNINGS FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA CAN YET BE DISCONTINUED. ONLY A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WILMA SHOULD TRANSFORM INTO A POWERFUL EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN A DAY OR TWO AS IT INTERACTS WITH AN INTENSE BAROCLINIC TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECASTS ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST UPDATES OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY... EXCEPT TO SPEED UP THE FORECAST SLIGHTLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DYNAMICAL MODEL CONSENSUS. FORECASTER KNABB FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 24/1500Z 26.9N 80.0W 90 KT 12HR VT 25/0000Z 30.3N 75.8W 85 KT 24HR VT 25/1200Z 36.1N 68.9W 70 KT 36HR VT 26/0000Z 42.1N 61.6W 60 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 26/1200Z 44.9N 55.7W 60 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 72HR VT 27/1200Z 46.5N 44.0W 55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 96HR VT 28/1200Z 47.5N 36.0W 55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 120HR VT 29/1200Z 49.0N 25.0W 50 KT...EXTRATROPICAL $$ ** WTUS82 KJAX 241512 *** HLSJAX FLZ024-025-033-038-242200- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1111 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS DISCONTINUED NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE... ...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CLAY...DUVAL...MARION...NASSAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU AND ST JOHNS. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE NORTH TO ST. AUGUSTINE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FLAGLER...PUTNAM...ST. JOHNS AND MARION COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST IN A FEW HOURS AND CROSS THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA LATER TODAY. DATA RECEIVED FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A STRONG CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL. SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS STATES AND THE LARGE WIND FIELD AROUND WILMA WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE GEORGIA WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND SOUTHWARD TO FERNANDINA BEACH AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. RESIDENTS IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA TONIGHT. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TIDES WILL RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS WITH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. LOCAL INLETS MAY EXPERIENCE LARGE AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AT ST ANDREWS SOUND MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION DUE TO LARGE BREAKERS. A NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS WILMA MOVES INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 16 WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES AMOUNTS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. ...WIND IMPACTS... THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE. IN THIS AREA SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. COASTAL AREAS OF DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS. INLAND PORTIONS OF DUVAL...NASSAU...ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF CLAY...MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AS WELL AS CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... WHILE THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY BE SOUTH OF THE AREA... RESIDENTS OF FLAGLER...MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT UNTIL WILMAS BANDS EXIT THE AREA THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ LETRO ** WTCA44 TJSJ 241517 *** TCPSP4 BOLETIN HURACAN WILMA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 37 NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT LUNES 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2005 ...EL GRAN OJO DE WILMA SOBRE LOS CONDADOS DE PALM BEACH Y MARTIN EN LA PARTE SURESTE DE FLORIDA... ...VIENTOS HURACANADOS EN EL LADO DE ATRAS DEL OJO SE ESTAN MOVIENDO SOBRE AREAS METROPOLITANAS DEL SURESTE DE FLORIDA... ...MANTENGASE EN SU HOGAR O REFUGIO... PERMANECE EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA TODOS LOS CAYOS DE LA FLORIDA...INCLUYENDO DRY TORTUGAS Y FLORIDA BAY...A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA OESTE DE LA FLORIDA DESDE LONGBOAT KEY HACIA EL SUR...Y A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA ESTE DE LA FLORIDA DESDE TITUSVILLE HACIA EL SUR...INCLUYENDO EL LAGO OKEECHOBEE. PERMANECE EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA OESTE DE LA FLORIDA AL NORTE DE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA EL RIO STEINHATCHEE...Y A LO LARGO DE LLA COSTA ESTE DE LA FLORIDA AL NORTE DE TITUSVILLE HASTA ST. AUGUSTINE. A LAS 11 AM EDT...1500Z...LA VIGILANCIA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA NORESTE DE FLORIDA DESDE EL NORTE DE ST.AUGUSTINE HASTA FERNANDINA BEACH QUEDO DESCONTINUADA. PERMANECE EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LAS PROVINCIAS CUBANAS DE CIUDAD HABANA...LA HABANA...Y PINAR DEL RIO. ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UNA VIGILANCIA DE HURACAN PARA LA PROVINCIA DE MATANZAS. ESTOS AVISOS Y VIGILANCIAS PROBABLEMENTE SERAN DESCONTINUADOS MAS TARDE HOY. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LAS BAHAMAS DEL NOROESTE...INCLUYENDO ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...Y NEW PROVIDENCE. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...FAVOR DE REFERIRSE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA METEOROLOGICA LOCAL. A LAS 11 AM EDT...1500Z...EL CENTRO DEL HURACAN WILMA ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 26.9 NORTE...LONGITUD 80.0 OESTE O COMO A 15 MILLAS... 25 KM... AL NOR-NORESTE DE WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A RAZON DE 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. AUN SE ESPERA UN AUMENTO EN LA VELOCIDAD DE TRASLACION EN LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. EN ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL GRAN OJO DE WILMA SALDRA POR LA COSTA ESTE DE LA PARTE SUR DE LA PENINSULA DE LA FLORIDA Y SE MOVERA HASTA EL ATLANTICO MAS TARDE HOY. SIN EMBARGO...ESTE ES UN HURACAN AMPLIO Y LOS VIENTOS MAS FUERTES EN LA PARED DEL OJO SE EXTIENDEN BIEN LEJOS DEL CENTRO. LAS PERSONAS ESTAN ADVERTIDAS PARA QUE NO AVENTUREN EN EL EXTERIOR CUANDO LLEGUE LA CALMA DEL OJO PORQUE LOS VIENTOS AUMENTARAN RAPIDAMENTE. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN EN CERCA DE 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. WILMA ES UN HURACAN CATEGORIA DOS EN LA ESCALA SAFFIR-SIMPSON. VELOCIDADES DE VIENTO DE UNA CATEGORIA MAS FUERTE PODRIAN EXPERIMENTARSE EN LOS EDIFICIOS ALTOS. ES PROBABLE QUE CONTINUE DEBILITANDOSE GRADUALMENTE A MEDIDA QUE WILMA CRUZE LA PARTE SUR DE LA PENINSULA DE LA FLORIDA HOY. LOS VIENTOS HURACANADOS SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 100 MILLAS...160 KM...DEL CENTRO...Y LOS VIENTOS DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 260 MILLAS...415 KM. LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA ESTIMADA ES DE 956 MILIBARAS...28.23 PULGADAS. INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADA CICLONICA DEBERAN ESTAR DISMINUYENDO A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA SUROESTE DE FLORIDA...LOS CAYOS BAJOS DE LA FLORIDA...Y EN EL EXTREMO SURESTE DE FLORIDA. LAS INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADA CICLONICA DEBERAN A COMENZAR A DISMINUIR EN LA PARTE ALTA DE LA BAHIA DE FLORIDA EN HORAS AVANZADAS DE LA TARDE...INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADA CICLONICA AUN SON POSIBLES A LO LARGO DE PALM BEACH...MARTIN...Y SAINT LUCIE HASTA LA PARTE NORTE DE LA TRAYECTORIA DE LA TORMENTA. AUN ES POSIBLE QUE OCURRAN MAREJADAS CICLONICAS DE 5 A 8 PIES EN EL LAGO OKEECHOBEE. SE ESPERA QUE WILMA PRODUZCA ACUMULACIONES DE LLUVIA ADICIONALES DE 2 A 4 PULGADAS SOBRE PORCIONES DEL CENTRO Y DEL SUR DE FLORIDA...CON POSIBLES CANTIDADES MAXIMAS DE 12 PULGADAS. EL OCCIDENTE DE CUBA PODRIA TENER CANTIDADES ADICIONALES DE LLUVIA DE 1 A 3 PULGADAS SOBRE AREAS AISLADAS. TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 2 A 4 PULGADAS SON POSIBLES SOBRE PORCIONES DE LA PARTE NOROESTE DE LAS BAHAMAS. ALGUNOS TORNADOS SON POSIBLES SOBRE PORCIONES DE LA PENINSULA CENTRAL Y SUR DE FLORIDA HOY. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 11 AM CDT...26.9 NORTE...LONGITUD 80.0 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORESTE A CERCA DE 25 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...105 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA... 956 MB. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LA 1 PM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR KNABB $$ TRADUCCION CORTESIA DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA EN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO ** WTNT84 KNHC 241522 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC011-015-021-027-071-086-087-099-115-AMZ630-650-651-670-671-GMZ031- 033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTNT84 KNHC 241522 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC011-015-021-027-071-086-087-099-115-AMZ630-650-651-670-671-GMZ031- 033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTNT84 KNHC 241522 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC011-015-021-027-071-086-087-099-115-AMZ630-650-651-670-671-GMZ031- 033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTNT84 KNHC 241526 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC011-015-021-027-071-086-087-099-115-AMZ630-650-651-670-671- GMZ031-033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 1100 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTUS82 KEYW 241535 *** HLSEYW FLZ076-077-078-GMZ031-032-033-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-241730- HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1135 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... ...NEW INFORMATION SINCE LAST ISSUANCE... WATCHES AND WARNINGS UPDATED. STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS UPDATED. MARINE IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...AND ALL SURROUNDING WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST...WHICH IS ABOUT 195 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEY WEST...AND ABOUT 165 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS WILMA MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD OFF OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE IN SIZE...WITH SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING UP TO 100 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER...AND WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 260 MILES OUT FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 956 MB...OR 28.23 INCHES OF MERCURY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ANYONE WHO HAS REMAINED IN THE KEYS SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY IN A SAFE LOCATION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE MAIN REMAINING IMPACT OF HURRICANE WILMA WILL BE THE EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE STORM TIDE ACROSS THE GULF SIDE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. DO NOT DRIVE UNTIL WIND...TIDE...AND ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TODAY. MONROE COUNTY OFFICES AND COURTS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DAYTIME CUSTODIANS SHOULD REPORT TUESDAY. ALL CAMPUSES OF FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE TO BE CLOSED TODAY. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... THE STORM SURGE IS SLOWLY SUBSIDING IN THE LOWER KEYS. IN THE MIDDLE KEYS...THE STORM SURGE IS PEAKING AT AROUND 6 FEET...AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER...THE STORM SURGE ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON...AT BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET. ...WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE UPPER KEYS FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR. THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WIND GUSTS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REPORTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGE. SOME RECENT PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS FROM OTHER GAUGES INCLUDE 99 MPH AT FOWEY ROCK...68 MPH AT SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT...AND 67 MPH AT LONG KEY. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PORT. HIGH WATER DUE TO THE STORM TIDE...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN MOST MARINAS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. IN ADDITION...AS HURRICANE WILMA PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ISLAND CHAIN...SEAS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. VISIT OUR KEY WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST. $$ SD ** WTUS82 KTAE 241539 *** HLSTAE FLZ034-241930- HURRICANE WILMA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1145 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...PARTICULARLY DIXIE COUNTY. ...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. ...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS TODAY AS WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH TODAY. SOME LIMBS OR WEAK TREES COULD FALL CREATING A HAZARD. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... A STORM SURGE WILL NOT OCCUR ALONG THE DIXIE COUNTY COAST...AS ANY REMAINING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE FROM OFFSHORE DIRECTIONS. ...WIND IMPACTS... WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH THROUGHOUT TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COULD CAUSE SOME TREES TO LOSE LIMBS OR EVEN DOWN A FEW WEAK TREES. ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL... NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS EVENT...AND THE STORM TOTAL FOR CROSS CITY WAS 1.03 INCHES. ...TORNADO THREAT... DUE TO THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA PASSING WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...THERE IS NO TORNADO THREAT AT THIS TIME. ...RIP CURRENTS... ALONG WITH THE HIGH SURF THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY. EVERYONE...INCLUDING EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE SURF. THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 330 PM EDT. $$ 17-GOULD ** WTUS82 KTBW 241541 *** HLSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-241830- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1130 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WILMA MOVING NORTHEAST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WILMA REMAINS A CATEGORY 2 STORM...BUT IS MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA. CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY IMPROVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...AND ALL TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS AFTERNOON. ALL TORNADO WATCHES HAVE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR HAVE EXPIRED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTLINE AND TIDAL SHORELINES OF LEE...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL OR NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF LEE...CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTLINE AND TIDAL SHORELINES OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO... HERNANDO CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL OR NON TIDAL LOCATIONS OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK... PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...SUMTER AND LEVY COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA...THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD...THE PEACE RIVER AT ARCADIA...AND THE HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF FORT MYERS AND 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA. WILMA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ...WIND IMPACTS... THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING IN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...AND POSSIBLY DESOTO AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. A PERIOD OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1 PM. WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FOR SARASOTA...MANATEE...AND HARDEE COUNTIES...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM. IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND POINTS NORTH THROUGH HERNANDO COUNTY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OR LOW END TROPICAL STORM FORCE...ARE STILL POSSIBLE. IMPACTS FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE...AND HIGHLANDS COUNTY INCLUDE: THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH MOSTLY MINOR DAMAGE STILL POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. UNSECURED LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND PERHAPS INJURY. MANY AREAS WILL HAVE POWER OUTAGES...HUNDREDS OF WIRES WILL FALL... TRANSFORMERS WILL POP...AND SOME POWER POLES WILL BE PULLED DOWN. ROTTING LARGE TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...MOST COMMON ON SATURATED GROUND. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP...AND MODERATE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED IN CITRUS GROVES. UP TO ONE HALF OF NEWLY PLANTED CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED. FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE SARASOTA AND TAMPA BAY AREA...THE IMPACTS INCLUDE: MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WINDS ARE OVER. HOWEVER MINOR DAMAGE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. DOZENS OF PALM FRONDS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO CITRUS GROVES AND NEWLY PLANTED LOWLAND CROPS. ...SURGE IMPACTS... TIDES HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL AT MOST GAGING POINTS ALONG THE SUNCOAST. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE WILMA MAY STILL RESULT IN RENEWED TIDE LEVEL INCREASES. IN PARTICULAR...PINE ISLAND SOUND MAY SEE TIDE LEVELS UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER...THESE ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE...THUS MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS SARASOTA...DE SOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. THE RAIN IS RAPIDLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AS WILMA IS MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PENINSULA...SUCH AS POLK AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. THE RAIN WILL END ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ...NEXT STATEMENT... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR HURRICANE WILMA WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN AROUND 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NP ** WTCA45 TJSJ 241544 *** TCPSP5 BOLETIN DEPRESION TROPICAL ALPHA ADVERTENCIA NUMERO 9 NWS TPC/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT LUNES 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2005 ...SE ESPERA QUE ALPHA SE DISIPE CUANDO EL HURACAN WILMA SE ACERQUE A ESTA... A LAS 11 AM EDT...1500Z...EL CENTRO DE LA DEPRESION TROPICAL ALPHA ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 25.9 NORTE...LONGITUD 72.2 OESTE O COMO A 340 MILLAS...545 KILOMETROS...AL NORTE DE LA ISLA GREAT INAGUA Y COMO A 630 MILLAS...1010 KM...AL SUROESTE DE BERMUDA. LA DEPRESION SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORTE A CERCA DE 20 MPH...32 KILOMETROS POR HORA. SE ESPERA UN GIRO HACIA EL NOR-NORESTE Y UN AUMENTO EN SU VELOCIDAD DE TRASLACION DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 35 MPH... 55 KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. ALPHA DEBERA DISIPARSE DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS A MEDIDA QUE SEA ABSORBIDA POR EL MAS GRANDE Y MAS PODEROSO HURACAN WILMA. LA PRESION MINIMA CENTRAL ESTIMADA ES DE 1004 MILIBARAS...29.65 PULGADAS. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 11 AM EDT...25.9 NORTE...72.2 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORTE A CERCA DE 20 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS... 35 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...1004 MILIBARAS. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 5 PM EDT. PRONOSTICADOR BEVEN $$ TRADUCCION CORTESIA DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA EN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. ** WTUS82 KMLB 241556 *** HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 241910- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1156 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...LARGE EYE OF WILMA MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC.... ...NEW INFORMATION... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WARNING FOR WIDE SPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS EXPIRED. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN FT. PIERCE AND CAPE CANAVERAL. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO TITUSVILLE...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BREVARD...VOLUSIA...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...AND LAKE COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1120 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED OVER PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY SAFELY INSIDE AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR TORNADO WARNINGS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THEIR AREA THIS MORNING AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO...OR EVEN FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITHIN THE INNER RAINBANDS AND EYEWALL OF WILMA...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BLOCK HOME OR BUILDING...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ...WIND IMPACTS... WILMA IS BEING PUSHED OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST BY AN ADVANCING SURFACE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. INTENSE RAIN BANDS WITH WIND GUST BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN FT. PIERCE AND CAPE CANAVERAL. WINDS AT THE UPPER FLOORS OF BEACH FRONT HIGH RISE CONDOMINIUMS ARE LIKELY GUSTING BETWEEN 8O AND 90 MPH. IN THE LAST HOUR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REPORTED GUSTS TO 74 MPH...CAPE CANAVERAL WIND TOWERS REPORTED GUSTS TO 69 MPH. MELBOURNE AIRPORT HAD A GUST TO 60 MPH. DAMAGING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTH BEHIND THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA INTO OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES AND ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN STUART AND PORT CANAVERAL. WITH THE EYE MOVING RAPIDLY OFF THE COAST THESE WINDS WILL BEING TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL LINGER MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF BREVARD COUNTY. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WARNING FOR WIDE SPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. AT 1150 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING TO OCCUR ACROSS BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NWS MELBOURNE AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB AND CLICKING ON WILMA LOCAL INFO. $$ DD ** WTNT54 KNHC 241603 *** TCEAT4 HURRICANE WILMA TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 12 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 AT 12 PM EDT...1600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTUS82 KMFL 241607 *** HLSMFL AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-241715- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1207 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...BACK SIDE OF THE EYE WALL NOW MOVING FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES... HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS UPDATED WIND INFORMATION UPDATED RAINFALL INFORMATION ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...STORM INFORMATION... THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EYE WALL IS NOW AFFECTING THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION ACROSS CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST BROWARD WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS AT LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH LONGITUDE 80.0 WEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE EYE OF WILMA MOSTLY OFF THE PALM BEACH COAST ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF JUPITER MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA ACROSS WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST BROWARD BUT INCREASING AS THE BACK EYE WALL MOVES ACROSS METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE OCCURRING ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS METRO COLLIER COUNTY AND IS RAPIDLY ENDING ACROSS MIAMI-DADE, MAINLAND MONROE, MOST OF HENDRY AND MOST OF BROWARD COUNTIES. THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE DECREASING SLOWLY ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS MANY PARTS OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. POWER LINES ARE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS BIRD ROAD AT 157TH AVENUE IN MIAMI-DADE AND PROBABLY OTHER ROADS AS WELL. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ONES THAT MAY BE DOWN IN STANDING WATER. REPORT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AT 1-800-4 OUTAGE. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AND THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA BAY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING NOW THAT THE WINDS ARE BLOWING PARALLEL TO THE COAST OR OFFSHORE. STORM SURGE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY... SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE NOW THAT WINDS WILL BE BLOWING OFFSHORE. FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE FROM LAKEPORT TO SOUTH BAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE MOVING TOWARD BELLE GLADE...PAHOKEE...AND CANAL POINT AS THE WIND DIRECTION BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE SURGE WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST EYE WALL WHICH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AS WELL AS METRO BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH NOON. AT 1153 AM A WIND GUST TO 100 MPH WAS REPORTED AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ESTIMATED 1.6 MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT 8 AM EDT. WHEN USING GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS. SOUTH FLORIDIANS WILL NOTICE A DISTINCTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS MOVING INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE WILMA. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS... OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN /6.38/ FELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND OVER 8 INCHES /8.01/ WAS REPORTED AT THE AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE SITE AT CHEKIKA STATE PARI IN MIAMI-DADE. ALMOST 6 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SITE AT LAKEPORT IN GLADES COUNTY AS WELL. ...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS... AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC AND AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM EDT. $$ PFOST ** WTNT80 EGRR 241700 *** MET OFFICE TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE FOR NORTH-EAST PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC GLOBAL MODEL DATA TIME 12UTC 24.10.2005 HURRICANE WILMA ANALYSED POSITION : 26.3N 81.5W ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL242005 VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 24.10.2005 26.3N 81.5W INTENSE 00UTC 25.10.2005 30.2N 75.8W INTENSE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY 12UTC 25.10.2005 36.5N 68.1W STRONG WEAKENING RAPIDLY 00UTC 26.10.2005 42.3N 60.0W MODERATE BECOMING EXTRA-TROPICAL 12UTC 26.10.2005 EXTRA-TROPICAL TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALPHA ANALYSED POSITION : 24.6N 72.1W ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL252005 VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 24.10.2005 24.6N 72.1W WEAK 00UTC 25.10.2005 ABSORBED BY WILMA NEW TROPICAL STORM FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER 48 HOURS FORECAST POSITION AT T+48 : 10.0N 80.5W VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 26.10.2005 10.0N 80.5W WEAK 00UTC 27.10.2005 10.3N 81.0W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 12UTC 27.10.2005 11.0N 81.8W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 00UTC 28.10.2005 11.4N 81.9W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 12UTC 28.10.2005 11.8N 82.0W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 00UTC 29.10.2005 11.5N 82.1W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 12UTC 29.10.2005 11.5N 82.3W WEAK WEAKENING SLIGHTLY 00UTC 30.10.2005 BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH NEW TROPICAL STORM FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER 96 HOURS FORECAST POSITION AT T+96 : 14.3N 69.4W VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY -------------- -------- -------- -------- 12UTC 28.10.2005 14.3N 69.4W WEAK 00UTC 29.10.2005 13.4N 70.5W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 12UTC 29.10.2005 14.3N 72.5W WEAK INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY 00UTC 30.10.2005 14.4N 73.5W WEAK LITTLE CHANGE 12UTC 30.10.2005 15.3N 76.6W WEAK INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE RSMCS. IT REQUIRES INTERPRETATION BY TROPICAL CYCLONE SPECIALISTS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A FINAL PRODUCT MET OFFICE, EXETER, UK TOO 241700 ** WTNT34 KNHC 241702 *** TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE WILMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 37A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...LARGE EYE OF WILMA EMERGES INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... ...WESTERN EYEWALL CONTINUING TO IMPACT EASTERN FLORIDA... AT 1 PM EDT...1700Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY... ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS... BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1 PM EDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE LARGE EYE WILL CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EYEWALL EXTEND WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER. PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SINCE STRONG WINDS REMAIN OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WEST OF THE EYE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WIND SPEEDS ABOUT ONE CATEGORY STRONGER COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES...160 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 956 MB...28.23 INCHES. STORM SURGE SHOULD GENERALLY BE DECREASING TODAY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST...IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA. STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN FLORIDA BAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS WILMA MOVES AWAY FROM FLORIDA...STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE PALM BEACH...MARTIN...AND ST. LUCIE SHORELINES TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM TRACK. STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA...WITH MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. WESTERN CUBA MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. REPEATING THE 1 PM EDT POSITION...27.3 N... 79.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB $$ ** WTNT84 KNHC 241705 *** TCVAT4 WILMA WATCH/WARNING BREAKPOINTS NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 .HURRICANE WILMA FLC015-021-027-071-087-115-GMZ031-033-656-657-676-853-856-873-876- 242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W FLAMINGO-FL 25.14N 80.93W $$ FLC011-086-099-AMZ630-650-651-670-671-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 FLAMINGO-FL 25.14N 80.93W JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W $$ FLC009-061-085-111-AMZ550-555-570-575-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 JUPITER-INLET-FL 26.95N 80.06W TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W $$ FLC035-109-127-AMZ454-474-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 TITUSVILLE-FL 28.64N 80.63W ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W $$ FLC017-029-053-057-075-081-101-103-GMZ755-775-830-850-870-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 STEINHATCHEE-RIVER-FL 29.67N 83.40W LONGBOAT-KEY-FL 27.39N 82.64W $$ FLC031-089-AMZ452-472-242100- /E.CAN.KNHC.TR.A.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ST-AUGUSTINE-FL 29.89N 81.27W FERNANDINA-BEACH-FL 30.66N 81.44W $$ AMZ610-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-FL 26.95N 80.80W $$ GMZ032-052-053-054-072-073-074-075-242100- /E.CON.KNHC.HU.W.1024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 100 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 DRY-TORTUGAS-FL 24.66N 82.86W OCEAN-REEF-FL 25.33N 80.26W $$ ATTN...WFO...JAX...EYW...TBW...TAE...MLB...MFL... ** WTUS82 KMFL 241718 *** HLSMFL AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-241830- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 117 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...BACK SIDE OF THE EYE WALL NOW MOVING FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE: COLLIER...GLADES... HENDRY...PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE. ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS UPDATED STORM SURGE IMPACTS UPDATED WIND INFORMATION ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING/INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. ...STORM INFORMATION... THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EYE WALL IS NOW AFFECTING THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION TO ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM WEST PALM BEACH NORTHWARD WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. AT 1 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS AT LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI SHOWS THE EYE OF WILMA OFF THE PALM BEACH COAST ABOUT 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JUPITER MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL WINDS SIGNIFICANTLY SUBSIDE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DECREASING SLOWLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND OVER MOST OF PALM BEACH AND EXTREME NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES...WITH THE RAIN ALREADY ENDED OVER THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA. POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS MANY PARTS OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. POWER LINES ARE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS BIRD ROAD AT 157TH AVENUE IN MIAMI-DADE...ACROSS BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN AVENTURA...AND PROBABLY OTHER ROADS AS WELL. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ONES THAT MAY BE DOWN IN STANDING WATER. REPORT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AT 1-800-4 OUTAGE. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AND THE NORTH COAST OF FLORIDA BAY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING NOW THAT THE WINDS ARE BLOWING MOSTLY PARALLEL TO THE COAST OR OFFSHORE. STORM SURGE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY...HAS RECEDED WITH WINDS BLOWING OFFSHORE. FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE FROM LAKEPORT TO SOUTH BAY...AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE FROM BELLE GLADE TO PAHOKEE AND CANAL POINT AS THE WIND DIRECTION BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE SURGE WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST EYE WALL WHICH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AS WELL AS METRO BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH NOON. AT 1253 PM A WIND GUST TO 69 MPH WAS REPORTED AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE OR WALK AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ONE DEATH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN CORAL SPRINGS THIS MORNING WHEN A TREE FEEL ON A MAN. SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA DEATHS OCCURRED IN KATRINA WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO WATCH TREES FALL IN STRONG WINDS. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ESTIMATED 3.1 MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT NOON. WHEN USING GENERATORS...REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN EASILY KILL PEOPLE WITH NO WARNING. EVERY HURRICANE SITUATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DEATHS. SOUTH FLORIDIANS WILL NOTICE A DISTINCTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS MOVING INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE WILMA. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING. THE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY COASTAL WATERS...WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. ...LOCAL FLOOD IMPACTS... OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN /6.38/ FELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND OVER 8 INCHES /8.01/ WAS REPORTED AT THE AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE SITE AT CHEKIKA STATE PARK IN MIAMI-DADE. ALMOST 6 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SITE AT LAKEPORT IN GLADES COUNTY AS WELL. ...LOCAL TORNADO IMPACTS... AS WILMA MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC AND AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 2 PM EDT. $$ MOLLEDA ** WTCA44 TJSJ 241720 *** TCPSP4 BOLETIN HURACAN WILMA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 37A NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 1 PM EDT LUNES 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2005 ...EL GRAN OJO DE WILMA SE EXPANDE HASTA EL OCEANO ATLANTICO... ...LA PARED OESTE DEL OJO CONTINUA IMPACTANDO A LA PARTE ESTE DE LA FLORIDA... A LA 1 PM EDT...1700Z...EL AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL DEL EL NORTE DE LONGBOAT KEY HASTA STEINHATCHEE RIVER HA SIDO DESCONTINUADO. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA ESTE DE FLORIDA AL NORTE DE TITUSVILLE HASTA ST. AUGUSTINE. PERMANECE EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA TODOS LOS CAYOS DE LA FLORIDA...INCLUYENDO DRY TORTUGAS Y FLORIDA BAY...A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA OESTE DE LA FLORIDA DESDE LONGBOAT KEY HACIA EL SUR...Y A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA ESTE DE LA FLORIDA DESDE TITUSVILLE HACIA EL SUR...INCLUYENDO EL LAGO OKEECHOBEE. PERMANECE EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LAS PROVINCIAS CUBANAS DE CIUDAD HABANA...LA HABANA...Y PINAR DEL RIO. ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA LA ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UNA VIGILANCIA DE HURACAN PARA LA PROVINCIA DE MATANZAS. ESTOS AVISOS Y VIGILANCIAS PROBABLEMENTE SERAN DESCONTINUADOS MAS TARDE HOY. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LAS BAHAMAS DEL NOROESTE...INCLUYENDO ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...Y NEW PROVIDENCE. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...FAVOR DE REFERIRSE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA METEOROLOGICA LOCAL. A LA 1 PM EDT...1700Z...EL CENTRO DEL HURACAN WILMA ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 27.3 NORTE...LONGITUD 79.2 OESTE O COMO A 65 MILLAS AL NORESTE DE WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORESTE A CERCA DE 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. AUN SE ESPERA UN AUMENTO EN LA VELOCIDAD DE TRASLACION EN LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. EN ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL GRAN OJO DE WILMA CONTINUARA ALEJANDOSE DE LA COSTA ESTE DE LA PARTE SUR DE LA PENINSULA DE FLORIDA HOY Y ESTA NOCHE. SIN EMBARGO...ESTE ES UN HURACAN AMPLIO Y LOS VIENTOS MAS FUERTES EN LA PARED DEL OJO SE EXTIENDEN BIEN LEJOS DEL CENTRO. LAS PERSONAS ESTAN ADVERTIDAS PARA QUE NO SE AVENTUREN HA ESTAR EN EL EXTERIOR YA QUE AUN QUEDAN FUERTES VIENTOS SOBRE LA PENINSULA DE FLORIDA AL OESTE DEL OJO. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN EN CERCA DE 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. WILMA ES