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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KAREN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
917 AM EDT THU OCT 3 2013

...HURRICANE WATCHES NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
FROM INDIAN PASS FLORIDA WESTWARD.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SOUTH WALTON...COASTAL BAY AND COASTAL GULF.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO
APALACHICOLA.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREAS.

ALL PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS PLAN
AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR
AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM EDT...OR 8 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.0N...LONGITUDE 87.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT
580 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FL. STORM MOTION WAS
NORTH NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TROPICAL STORM KAREN WILL CONTINUE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COASTAL STATES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK AND APPROACH COASTAL AREAS BY SATURDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...NOW IS THE TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS
ACCORDING TO YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN SPECIFIC TO YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.

FOR THOSE NOT YET UNDER A WATCH BUT CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...NOW
IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN AND BE PREPARED
TO ACT IF A WATCH OR A WARNING IS LATER ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AND YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN
TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. NOW IS THE
TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN
FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR CHANGES TO
THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

FLZ108-112-114-GMZ750-770-031630-
/O.NEW.KTAE.HU.A.1012.131003T1317Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
917 AM EDT THU OCT 3 2013 /817 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013/

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

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