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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1159 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
PENINSULA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SINCE KATRINA HAS MADE LANDFALL...AND
ALSO MOVED MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST...THE EXPECTED PERIPHERAL EFFECTS OF
KATRINA HAVE BEEN LIMITED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD. KATRINA IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 8
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE STILL NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...KEEPING KATRINA A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE...WHILE MAKING ITS
WAY TOWARD THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO OFF THE LOWER SOUTHWEST COAST.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE LINGERING THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATRINA...AS IT
IMPACTS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...ARE A MODERATE FLOOD THREAT
FOR HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH OCCURRING IN
PASSING SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED SHORT-LIVED TORNADO COULD ALSO OCCUR
IN VICINITY OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST AS OVERNIGHT SHOWERS MOVE
ONSHORE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH OUTER BANDS FROM KATRINA WILL
MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. LOCAL STORM
TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH IS STILL
IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS DIMINISHED...
LEAVING ONLY THE CHANCE FOR GUSTY WINDS IN PASSING SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE NORTH OF JUPITER INLET IS NO LONGER A CONCERN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED ON KATRINA
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. FUTURE STATEMENTS WILL BE
ISSUED IF KATRINA PASSES UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST OF
THE PENINSULA THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.

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