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CHARLEY BECOMES A (CATEGORY 4 Now!!) HURRICANE (18 ft. storm surge)
NHC ^ | 08-13-2004 | Forecaster Lawrence

Posted on 08/13/2004 10:08:09 AM PDT by Jeff400000

000 WTNT33 KNHC 131655 TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...CHARLEY STRENGTHENS AS IT HEADS TOWARD FLORIDA WEST COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE DRY TORTUGAS TO THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS WERE RECENTLY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO JUPITER INLET FLORIDA AND ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO JUPITER INLET. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF...AND ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA MAINLAND FROM OCEAN REEF TO EAST CAPE SABLE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR THE GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST FROM OCEAN REEF NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF COCOA BEACH AND FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER NORTHWARD TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.

AT 1 PM EDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS FLORIDA.

CHARLEY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE SHOULD REACH THE COAST IN THE VICINITY OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RECENT REPORTS FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CATEGORY THREE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THESE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA WITHIN A FEW MILES FROM CHARLEYS CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 964 MB...28.46 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE SUBSIDING LATER TODAY. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 13 FEET IS EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE FLORIDA WEST COAST. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG AND NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH LESSER FLOODING TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG CHARLEYS PATH ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 1 PM EDT POSITION...25.7 N... 82.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bush43; charley; charlie; elections; fl; florida; hugelosses; hurricane; hurricanecharley; hurricanecharlie; jeb; jebbush; politics; weather
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To: blam
You know it. The power companies have been staging out-of-state help in picking up Charley's pieces since yesterday, as I recall. Good thing, too -- I have a feeling they're going to be sorely needed!


521 posted on 08/13/2004 11:56:25 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism.)
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To: AppyPappy

Correct. Hugo hit on a Thursday and our family drove in with relief help from Richmond on Saturday.

That was a sight that I will never forget.


522 posted on 08/13/2004 11:56:36 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: In_25_words_or_less
Apparently they still miss John Hope.

Agreed. John Hope knew his stuff when it came to hurricanes.

523 posted on 08/13/2004 11:56:37 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Under the personal care of the Great Physician...full coverage.)
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To: Howlin

We are prepping here in Charleston. Will be back over water in a matter of hours. Praying for relatives and friends on the western side of Florida.


524 posted on 08/13/2004 11:56:56 AM PDT by dixie sass (Texas - South Carolina on Steroids)
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To: All
Latest Images as of 2:45PM I had to host it myself, the site myst be super bussy! this was where I got it: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p20-r/si.kbyx.shtml
525 posted on 08/13/2004 11:56:57 AM PDT by f zero
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To: liz44040

"Storm Surge" NOW on Santibel Island....


526 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:02 AM PDT by FeliciaCat
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To: Catspaw

It's not so hard to survive. Get on some high ground and lay flat to the ground, like I did during a tornado in Kansas. Stick your fingers in your ears for the decomopression, so you stay awake. You'll get hit by iceballs and rain and get dirty, but it doesn't last long.


527 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:04 AM PDT by BobS
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To: gopwinsin04

All bets are off now...turn in course is not lessening impact of storm surge on Sanibel...


528 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:16 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: Jeff400000

When the fringe of Isabel hit us last year it wasn’t even at hurricane strength and she did a lot of damage. With all the rain we’ve had this last month - and from Bonnie - we could loose a lot of trees, power lines and buildings because the ground is so soaked. We’re bound to have a lot of flooding too. Last year I watched the mandatory evacuation line move up the street toward me. It stopped at the light half a block away.


529 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:17 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: ovrtaxt

Yeah, we all need a laugh once in a while or otherwise it would be fairly dull.

Taks care.


530 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:29 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: liz44040

this thing is all over the place, who knows where its going to end up.

Does anyone know if it keeps going N. without making landfall could this SOB get STRONGER before eventually hitting land?


531 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:29 AM PDT by Dr Snide (vis pacem, para bellum - Prepare for war if you want peace)
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To: ApesForEvolution

Let's pray Charley doesn't skim the entire FL gulf coast.


532 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:41 AM PDT by maggief
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To: FeliciaCat

Hope the best for them that the surge is not too high and they all survive.


533 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:46 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: who knows what evil?

See my post 478.


534 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:47 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: gopwinsin04

Sarasota could be in trouble.


535 posted on 08/13/2004 11:57:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: mhking

I'm praying it SSW to Mexico...


536 posted on 08/13/2004 11:58:00 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: jpsb; All

My brother lives in San Carlos Park, a little south of Fort Myers. I imagine he's getting bumped around a bit.

I've been on Sanibel Island before. I can't possibly imagine what the rain, wind and storm surge must be like now.


537 posted on 08/13/2004 11:58:19 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: dfwgator

Crystal River ring a bell?


538 posted on 08/13/2004 11:58:23 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: f zero

Local newsroom evacuated.


539 posted on 08/13/2004 11:58:38 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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