000 WTUS82 KMLB 191645 HLSMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1245 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY APPROACHING WESTERN LAKE OKEEECHOBEE...HEAVY RAIN SPREADING INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA...TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WITHIN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS...A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INLAND COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AS WELL AS THE COASTAL WATERS AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALL EAST CENTRAL UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.3 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...EAST OF FT. MYERS FLORIDA AND...20 MILES...30 KM SOUTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-201645- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 1245 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL UP TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES THIS MORNING. EMBEDDED STORMS IN HEAVY RAINBANDS MOVING ONSHORE PRODUCED A TORNADO IN MARTIN COUNTY. SEVERAL TORNADO SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY ALREADY THIS MORNING...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER MARTIN COUNTY WITH POWER LINES DOWN...GAS STATION DAMAGED AND A CAR FLIPPED OVER. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE FOR THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. LISTEN FOR UPDATED WEATHER BULLETINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF TORNADO OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... A VERY LOW THREAT FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL EXIST NEAR THE COAST AND ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS...MAINLY BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE WATERS EXPECTED TO REACH LEVELS OF 1 TO 3 FEET. IN ADDITION...MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND HEAVY SURF ARE LIKELY. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST DURING TIMES OF PEAK ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDE. THIS WILL OCCUR 9 PM TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ...WINDS... DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL SPREAD NORTH FROM THE STUART AND FORT PIERCE INTO COASTAL INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN RAIN SQUALLS AS THEY MOVE OVER THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE ATLANTIC. IN THESE HEAVIER SQUALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVER THE INTERIOR...THE ORLANDO AND KISSIMMEE AREAS HAVE REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO ONLY TO NEAR 30 MPH THUS FAR. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AS THE CENTER OF FAY GETS CLOSER. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF FAY...THE HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN EAST OF LAKE COUNTY AND THE METRO ORLANDO AREA. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL FORCE OR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES...THE CENTER OF FAY WILL PASS NEARLY OVERHEAD DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE EYE OF FAY WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTS OT NEAR HURRICANE FORCE OR 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH FOR A TIME AS THE CENTER PASSES. ...INLAND FLOODING... COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE TREASURE COAST REGION THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS MOVING ON SHORE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ON AVERAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THROUGH 11 AM...7.42 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT JUPITER...AND 7.88 INCHES AT PORT SAINT LUCIE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM AND THEN INTO METRO ORLANDO AND VOLUSIA COUNTY BY 6 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF FAY WILL BE 5 TO 9 INCHES. HEAVY SQUALLS OVER MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND MAY ALLOW WATER TO APPROACH HOMES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THE GREATEST RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF FAY...MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF ORLANDO. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BETWEEN LAKE HARNEY AND LAKE GEORGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND THE TRACK OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC CELLS WILL BE ENHANCED NEAR THE COAST. AS THE CENTER OF FAY GETS CLOSER THE HIGHEST THREAT WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE. RAINBANDS MOVING ONSHORE NORTHEAST OF FAY WILL CONTINUE SOME TORNADO THREAT ESPECIALLY FOR BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM. SEVERAL TORNADO SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY ALREADY THIS MORNING...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER MARTIN COUNTY WITH POWER LINES DOWN...GAS STATION DAMAGED AND A CAR FLIPPED OVER. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 PM 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. $$ AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-201645- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 1245 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL SPREAD NORTH IN ADVANCE OF FAY...ENCOMPASSING MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 55 KNOTS. BRIEF WATERSPOUT SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON RADAR OVER THE ATLANTIC SOUTH OF STUART EARLY THIS MORNING AND FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE AFTERNOON. ...WINDS... WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS IN SQUALLS REACHING 40 TO 55 KNOTS SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL...AND LOCATIONS FARTHER NORTH BY THIS EVENING. THE CENTER TRACK OF FAY IS FORECAST TO REACH THE COAST IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL LATE TONIGHT AS A WEAK TROPICAL STORM. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WILL BE IN THE PREFERRED AREA FOR TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS TODAY. AS LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR STRENGTHENS AND SPREADS NORTH...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS. SEVERAL WATERSPOUT SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS THE MARTIN COUNTY AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-200800- /O.CON.KMLB.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080820T0800Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- SOUTHERN LAKE- 1245 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY ALONG THE GLADES-HENDRY COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN. AHEAD OF THE CENTER...A BAND OF VERY INTENSE SQUALLS...ALMOST AN EYEWALL-LIKE FEATURE...WAS CONTAINING A 30 TO 60 MINUTE PERIOD OF SUSTAINED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH FREQUENT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...AND BLINDING WIND-DRIVEN RAIN SQUALLS. THESE SQUALLS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND MOVING OUT ONTO THE LAKE AND TOWARD THE OKEECHOBEE AREA. THEY WILL REACH THE OKEECHOBEE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 300 PM. RESIDENTS IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS BAND OF STRONG WINDS TO MOVE OVER THEIR AREA!! BE PREPARED TO ACT TO PROTECT YOURSELF!! TREAT THIS FEATURE AS YOU WOULD A TORNADIC STORM!! REMAIN INDOORS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...INLAND VOLUSIA...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE ...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEEE. ...WINDS... OVER THE INTERIOR...THE ORLANDO AND KISSIMMEE AREAS HAVE REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO ONLY TO NEAR 30 MPH THUS FAR. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AS THE CENTER OF FAY GETS CLOSER. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF FAY...THE HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN EAST OF LAKE COUNTY AND THE METRO ORLANDO AREA. STILL WIND GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL FORCE OR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FOR OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES...THE CENTER OF FAY WILL PASS NEARLY OVERHEAD DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE EYE OF FAY WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH FOR A TIME AS THE CENTER PASSES. ...INLAND FLOODING... COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE TREASURE COAST REGION THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS MOVING ON SHORE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ON AVERAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THROUGH 11 AM...7.42 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT JUPITER...AND 7.88 INCHES AT PORT SAINT LUCIE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM AND THEN INTO METRO ORLANDO AND VOLUSIA COUNTY BY 6 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF FAY WILL BE 5 TO 9 INCHES. RAINFALL WEST OF THE TRACK INCLUDING METRO ORLANDO AND THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL SEE FAR LOWER RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS RAIN BANDS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL TROPICAL DOWNPOURS SPREAD NORTH...ESPECIALLY FOR OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. WITH MULTIPLE BANDS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SQUALLS. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND MAY ALLOW WATER TO APPROACH HOMES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BETWEEN LAKE HARNEY AND LAKE GEORGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALL EAST CENTRAL UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND THE TRACK OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE LARGEST THREAT WILL REMAIN NEAR AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF FAY WHICH WILL REMAIN EAST AND SOUTH OF ORLANDO. SEVERAL TORNADO SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY ALREADY THIS MORNING...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER MARTIN COUNTY WITH POWER LINES DOWN AND A CAR FLIPPED OVER. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 3 PM 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