000 WTUS82 KMLB 060402 HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 061015- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1200 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM JUST SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO JUST NORTH OF JUPITER INLET WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FOR LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... INLAND VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES... ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE... ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TAMPA. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST- NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 65 MPH NEAR THE CORE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER RAINBANDS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER LAND. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OVERNIGHT...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO OBEY LOCAL OFFICIALS WHILE BEING A GOOD CITIZEN...FRIEND...AND NEIGHBOR. PLEASE HEED ALL IMPOSED CURFEWS. FOR THOSE WITHOUT POWER...BE EXTRA CAREFUL. USE A FLASHLIGHT FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING AS CANDLES OR OTHER OPEN FLAME LIGHTING ARE CONSIDERED FIRE HAZARDS...ESPECIALLY IN DAMAGE AREAS AFTER HURRICANES SINCE THERE MIGHT BE PROBLEMS WITH NATURAL GAS LEAKS. IF USING A GENERATOR...PLACE IT IN A WELL VENTILATED LOCATION. DO NOT RUN A GENERATOR INSIDE YOUR HOME OR WITHIN YOUR ATTACHED GARAGE. ALSO...SOME CITY UTILITY OFFICIALS HAVE IMPOSED ORDERS FOR BOILING WATER FOR HEALTH AND SANITATION PURPOSES. ...WIND IMPACTS... SEVERAL STRONG TO INTENSE OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE SOUTH TO NORTH AROUND THE CENTER OF FRANCES...AND WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SUDDEN SQUALLS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA MONDAY. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... HEAVY SURF AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION ARE STILL POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TODAY. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN NEAR VER0 BEACH AND ACROSS THE INTERSTATE FOUR CORRIDOR IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. LOCALIZED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 16 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS BACKSIDE RAINBANDS PASS OVER. SHORT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR RECOVERY WORK UNTIL FRANCES TOTALLY EXITS THE REGION. ALSO...SIGNIFICANT LOCAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AND FLOODING ON THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER AND CENTRAL FLORIDA LAKES WILL FOLLOW IN THE DAYS TO COME. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LANDFALLING WATERSPOUTS REMAIN POSSIBLE. ENHANCED RAINBANDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL POSE THE GREATEST THREAT. CURRENTLY...THE TORNADO THREAT IS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND WEST PARTS OF THE STATE. IMPORTANTLY...THE LOCAL ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CLOSELY EXAMINED FOR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO POTENTIAL DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING BECOMES A FACTOR. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... REPEATING...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH SOUTH TO JUPITER INLET...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES. ALSO...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB $$ DWS