000 WTUS82 KMLB 212147 HLSMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 547 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY IS NOW OVER LAND... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WITHIN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY...NORTH AND CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...NORTH ORANGE...AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD 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...BREVARD... INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST...JUST WEST OF FLAGLER BEACH AND ORMOND BY THE SEA. THE CENTER OF FAY CROSSED THE COAST AROUND 230 PM EDT. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MPH. THIS GENERAL SLOW MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. FLZ047-054-059-141-147-222200- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 547 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS NOW INLAND BUT STILL HAVING HAZARDOUS EFFECTS... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALTHOUGH FAY IS NOW INLAND...THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DROP YOUR GUARD. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR NORTH BREVARD AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES. FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY INLAND TO BEGIN IMPROVED CONDITIONS AFTER FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MAY BE DROPPED LATER TONIGHT FOR SAINT LUCIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER... BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS FAY MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE BROAD CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY...ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHERN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY FROM ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE NORTHWARD. A FEW WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...ACROSS SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER BUT STILL WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH OF 40 MPH IN OUTER RAINBANDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE BROAD CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY...IMPACTING NORTH BREVARD AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES FARTHER INLAND AND WEAKENS. PARTS OF INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY MAY SEE POCKETS OF 8 INCHES BY MORNING. THIS IS ON TOP OF FLOODING RAINS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND MARTIN COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS...FROM FAST MOVING CELLS WILL BE A THREAT... ESPECIALLY THROUGH SUNSET. ...TORNADOES... UNTIL SUNSET...THERE IS AT LEAST A LOW THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. IF A TORNADO DOES DEVELOP...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED. PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR AT LEAST A LOW IMPACT FROM TORNADOES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. IF A TORNADO DOES OCCUR...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND MIDNIGHT...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. $$ AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-222200- /O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 547 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY IS NOW OVER LAND... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM FAY IS NOW INLAND AND SLOWLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARINE WATERS. HOWEVER...FAY STILL HAS A FAR REACH TO THE EAST WITH ITS ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS. THEREFORE...SQUALLY WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY UNTIL THE REACHES OF FAY TOTALLY EXIT THE AREA. ...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS... ALL WINDS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET WERE NOW OFFSHORE. EVEN THOUGH FAY IS NOW INLAND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTH. GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS. AT BUOY 41009...SEAS WERE STILL 7 TO 9 FEET WHICH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. FROM SEBASTIAN INLET SOUTHWARD...HEIGHTS WERE 4 TO 6 FEET...AND UP TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE. IMPORTANTLY...NUMEROUS SQUALLS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... HIGHER WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...WERE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND MIDNIGHT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-222200- /O.CON.KMLB.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080823T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 547 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...FLOODING RAINS CONTINUE FOR INLAND LOCATIONS AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST... ...NEW INFORMATION... FOR THIS EVENING...THE INLAND FLOODING THREAT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY IS HIGH! FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN PARTS OF LAKE...ORANGE...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES! PEOPLE SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY! FLOOD WATERS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS AFTER DARK! ...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... RAINBANDS FROM FAY...CONTAINING INTENSE TORRENTIAL RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SEMINOLE...ORANGE...LAKE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES. AS FAY TRACKS FARTHER INLAND...SLOWLY TO THE WEST...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN HIGH AS RAINBANDS DEVELOP NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE STORM CENTER. RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WITH AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES IN SPOTS OVERNIGHT. IMPORTANTLY...THIS WILL BE ON TOP OF GENEROUS RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR FLOODING WILL BE NORTH OF A KISSIMMEE TO TITUSVILLE LINE. FLOOD WATERS ARE ALREADY RISING IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN SANFORD AND OVIEDO IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TURNED ON OVERNIGHT. MORE SO...EVEN FAR FROM THE CENTER AND AFTER PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL STORM...A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP HAVING TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAIN RATES. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN CONCERNING THE FLOOD THREAT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 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 THE REST OF TODAY AND OVERNIGHT...THE FORECAST 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 FORECASTS BETWEEN LAKE HARNEY AND DELAND...TO INCLUDE SANFORD...THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE BROAD CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY AS IT TRACKS FARTHER INLAND. EVEN ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS...INCLUDING METRO ORLANDO...LEESBURG...AND SANFORD...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND EVEN HIGHER IN PASSING SQUALLS TO 60 MPH. ...TORNADOES... UNTIL SUNSET...THERE IS AT LEAST A LOW THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH SUNSET. IF A TORNADO DOES DEVELOP...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED. PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR AT LEAST A LOW IMPACT FROM TORNADOES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. IF A TORNADO DOES OCCUR...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND MIDNIGHT...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.