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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
240 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

...ERNESTO HAS RESTRENGTHENED TO A TROPICAL STORM OFF THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES FOR NORTH BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES
PROMPTING AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY.

 ...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...
FOR COASTAL SECTIONS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
NORTH OF COCOA BEACH.

FOR INLAND SECTIONS...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 42
MILES EAST OF FLAGLER BEACH OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. ERNESTO WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE 40 MPH...MARGINAL TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...AS SUBSTANTIATED BY
DOPPLER RADAR.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAIN IN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW AREAS WITH SOME STREET FLOODING. A FEW ROADS HAVE BEEN
TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY DUE TO URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE THROUGH
PLACES WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.

...WINDS...
ERNESTO REGAINED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVED OFF THE COAST OF
BREVARD COUNTY NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL. MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS VOLUSIA AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST
WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE THREAT FOR STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS VERY LOW...LESS THAN 2
FEET...FOR THE COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO ORMOND BEACH THROUGH 5
AM. ELSEWHERE...ASSOCIATED WIND FLOW IS OFFSHORE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR NORTH
BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES WHERE AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 345 AM. LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES WHICH EXPERIENCE REPEATED
HEAVY RAINS.

...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED.

...MARINE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF COCOA BEACH. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
REACH 35 KNOTS EAST OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS IN SQUALLS...PRIMARILY IN RAINBANDS. SEAS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 TO 10 FEET.

...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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