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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1100 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO OVER CAPE CANAVERAL AND MOVING INTO
THE ATLANTIC...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED BETWEEN SEBASTIAN
INLET AND COCOA BEACH.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
NORTH OF COCOA BEACH...

 ...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING
MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...BREVARD...
OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA...AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF COCOA
BEACH...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR AREAS FARTHER SOUTH.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND
BREVARD COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.6 WEST.
THIS POSITION IS JUST NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. THE DEPRESSION
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RECENT HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND SOME STREET FLOODING. RESIDENTS OF VOLUSIA
AND BREVARD COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT...MAINLY IN GUSTS.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL ERNESTO EXITS THE REGION
TONIGHT...AS WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT.

...WINDS...
ERNESTO MAY REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AT IT MOVES OFF THE
COAST OF BREVARD COUNTY NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL AND MOVES NORTH. MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS VOLUSIA AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTIES TONIGHT.
THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE COAST AS
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS SPREAD ONSHORE.


ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...WINDS MAY GUST TO 25
TO 35 MPH DURING THE NIGHT AS THE BROAD CIRCULATION OF ERNESTO
SLOWLY PASSES OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STEADY ONSHORE FLOW WILL ADD LESS THAN 2 FEET TO THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE
NEAR MIDNIGHT MAINLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. RISES WITHIN THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE MINIMAL...ESPECIALLY BREVARD
COUNTY SOUTHWARD.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED REPEATED HEAVY RAINS.

THIS EVENING AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY BETWEEN YEEHAW JUNCTION AN KENANSVILLE. HERE AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MELBOURNE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE 9 PM.  FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT ...THE HEAVIEST RAINS
WILL FALL IN EASTERN ORANGE...NORTHERN OSCEOLA...BREVARD AND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES.

...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS ALL BUT ENDED.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BRIEFLY REACH 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS IN SQUALLS...PRIMARILY IN RAINBANDS AND
NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE NEAR CAPE
CANAVERAL. SEAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 10
FEET AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE TRACK OF THE
DEPRESSION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE WEB SITE AT

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/GHLS/HLS_MAIN.HTML

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