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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1100 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AND
ADJACENT ATLANTIC ARE DISCONTINUED AS OPHELIA EASES TOWARD THE
NORTH NORTHEAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH NORTHEAST. THE
CENTER OF OPHELIA IS NOW WELL OFFSHORE THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN SO THROUGH SUNDAY. OPHELIA IS THEN FORECAST
TO STALL ONCE AGAIN AND MOVE SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST TOWARD THE GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO
FLAGLER BEACH IS DISCONTINUED. THIS INCLUDES COASTAL LAND AREAS AS
WELL AS THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ARE NOW IN EFFECT
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 MILES DUE TO THE LARGE
BREAKING WAVES WHICH CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED BY OPHELIA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT REFERS TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL LAND AREAS AND
ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.9 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES EAST OF
DAYTONA BEACH. OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
5 MPH...AND A SLOW NORTHEAST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BEACH AND BOATING ACTIVITIES WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL NORTHWARD.  SEAS AND SURF ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
DIMINISH THIS WEEKEND AS OPHELIA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BREVARD AND
VOLUSIA COUNTY COASTS IN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS OF OPHELIA. THESE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS
OPHELIA MOVES FARTHER OFFSHORE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BATTER THE
BEACHES INTO SATURDAY. ENHANCED WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN SOME
ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES...WHICH
WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM...
AND AGAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EROSION
IS EXPECTED FROM AROUND CAPE CANAVERAL NORTH TO FLAGLER BEACH.

STRONG AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WIND AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MARINE AREA.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE IN SQUALLS...WHILE SEAS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 12 TO 18 FEET IN THE
GULF STREAM NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE FLOOD POTENTIAL FROM OPHELIA HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS
OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES. SOME PONDING OF WATER CAN BE
EXPECTED ON ROADS...AND IN LOW SPOTS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
TORNADOES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED WITHIN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS WHICH
MOVE ONSHORE AND BRUSH COASTAL AREAS TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED ON
OPHELIA...UNLESS THE STORM APPROACHES EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST
NEXT WEEK. COASTAL AND MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REFER TO THE LOCAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AS WELL AS STATEMENTS...WARNINGS...
AND PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS...CONCERNING LINGERING EFFECTS FROM
TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA.

THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK CAN BE VIEWED
ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB AND CLICKING ON HAZARDS.

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