000 WTUS82 KMLB 220417 HLSMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1217 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...STUBBORN TROPICAL STORM FAY BARELY MOVING... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WITHIN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...NORTH AND CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...NORTH ORANGE COUNTY... AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL LATE FRIDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INLAND COUNTIES WITHIN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EXCEPT OKEECHOBEE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES...AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS OVER THE MARINE AREA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH AND NORTHWARD. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. FAY IS BARELY DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST AT A VERY SLOW 2 MPH. FAY IS FORECAST TO MOVE GRADUALLY WESTWARD OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT FAY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. FLZ047-141-147-230430- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1217 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A TEMPORARY RELAXING OF THE HEAVY RAIN... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM FAY IS BARELY MOVING. HOWEVER...THERE IS A TEMPORARY RELAXING OF THE HEAVY RAIN FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. ...INLAND FLOODING... TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING NORTH BREVARD AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN. YET...THE LATEST RADAR TREND DOES SHOW A DECREASE IN OVERALL RAINFALL RATES. THIS RELAXING OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING...MAINLY OVER EXTREME NORTH BREVARD COUNTY FROM TITUSVILLE TO NEW SMYRNA BEACH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH BREVARD COUNTY NEAR MIMS AND SCOTTSMOOR. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FOR TOMORROW DUE TO THE MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF FAY ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS FAY MOVES A LITTLE FARTHER INLAND. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN INNER BANDS LOCATED ABOUT THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY AND IN PASSING SQUALLS. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY FROM ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE NORTHWARD. A FEW WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. $$ AMZ550-552-570-572-230430- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 1217 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCATED INLAND ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DAYTONA BEACH. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FAY IS INLAND AND EVER SO SLOWLY DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE MARINE WATERS. HOWEVER...FAY STILL HAS A FAR REACH TO THE EAST WITH ITS ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS. THEREFORE...SQUALLY WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY UNTIL THE OUTER REACHES OF FAY TOTALLY EXIT THE AREA. ALL WINDS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET WERE OFFSHORE. EVEN THOUGH FAY IS NOW INLAND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTH MAINLY IN GUSTS. GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS. AT BUOY 41009...SEAS WERE STILL 7 TO 9 FEET WHICH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. FROM SEBASTIAN INLET SOUTHWARD...HEIGHTS WERE 4 TO 6 FEET...AND UP TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE. IMPORTANTLY...SQUALLS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WERE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-221200- /O.CON.KMLB.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080822T1200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 1217 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A TEMPORARY RELAXING OF THE HEAVY RAIN... ...NEW INFORMATION... RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEAVY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER..DUE TO THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN...EVACUATIONS WERE TAKING PACE IN PARTS OF LAKE COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 46 NEAR THE WEKIVA RIVER RESORT. WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTH AND EAST LAKE COUNTY ALONG THE WEKIVA RIVER...ESPECIALLY NEAR ASTOR SOUTH TOWARD HIGHWAY 46. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING INLAND COUNTIES...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY...NORTH AND CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...NORTH ORANGE COUNTY... AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY. LAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED EVACUATIONS ONGOING NEAR THE WEKIVA RIVER RESORT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 46. ALSO...FLOODING WAS REPORTED TO BE WIDESPREAD NEAR ASTOR AND WEKIVA. RAINBANDS FROM FAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE ABOUT THE CIRCULATION CENTER. FORTUNATELY...RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED SOMEWHAT WITH THIS RELAXATION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EVEN SO...FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THESE LOCATIONS. SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN! AS FAY TRACKS FARTHER INLAND...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN HIGH AS RAINBANDS DEVELOP NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE STORM CENTER. RAINBANDS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN TO RETURN FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ON THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER...RUN OFF FROM THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY HAS PROMPTED CONCERN FOR MINOR FLOODING AT ASTOR. THIS MORNINGS STAGE HEIGHT WAS 2.3 FEET...BUT THE FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 2.8 FEET ON FRIDAY...AND UP TO 3.0 FEET INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPERIENCED OVERNIGHT...THE FORECAST HEIGHT MAY BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER. BE SURE TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST FOR THE SAINT JOHNS AT ASTOR. ON THE SAINT JOHNS AT DELAND AND LAKE HARNEY...THESE POINTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH ACTION STAGE. NEARBY RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER LEVELS AND FORECASTS BETWEEN LAKE HARNEY AND DELAND...TO INCLUDE SANFORD...THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WITHIN INNER BANDS LOCATED ABOUT THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY AND IN PASSING SQUALLS. ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS...INCLUDING METRO ORLANDO...LEESBURG...AND SANFORD...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL OCCUR...AND A LITTLE HIGHER IN PASSING SQUALLS TO 55 MPH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND THEN CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.