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
We didn't need Charlie to tell us the local media were idiots. So far, NE of Orlando we have had heavy cloud cover and some periods of light to heavy rain. Nothing radical...yet.
Just heard that - hope they are all ok.
Right!
Boortz was talking about the "rigid control" authorities like to keep as soon as they have it.
They don't want people to return, they don't want them in the way, they don't want them to try to get back to their homes once they've left.
if the News-Press is a liberal rag that promotes Kerry, it might be something God is reminding about who the real boss is.
As for the Post Office, too much pornography still goes through the mail, so maybe the the big guy upstairs is hinting some folks had better clean up their act.
Because of the statements of the +Archbishop of Atlanta, GA +Bishop of Charleston,SC and +Bishop of Charlotte, NC they might all be spared. That statement condemned Pro-abortion politicians and candidates that are Catholic.
This statement is less than two weeks old, but the big guy upstairs probably considers that the flock of these good men should be protected.
If you have not read the statement, it can be found at:
From JellyJam: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1188495/posts?q=1&&page=1551
CHARLOTTE:
— Reports of roof collapse at Deep Creek Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Charlotte, no known injuries.
— Roof collapse at Fire Station No. 12.
— Numerous trailer homes destroyed.
— At Charlotte County Airport, winds tore apart small planes and blew out the windows of a sheriff’s deputy’s car. Hangers were collapsed and roofs were torn off buildings. The only building that did not suffer major damage was the Airport Authority building.
— The roof of the county’s emergency operations center in Punta Gorda also blew off.
COLLIER:
— Officials said a “good portion” of the county was without power and there was some flooding. No serious reports of damage.
DESOTO:
— Roof blown off at Turner Agri-Civic Center, a hurricane shelter where 1,4000 people had gathered; no known injuries.
— Large sections of U.S. 17 are peppered with down utility poles; some parts of the road completely blocked.
LEE:
— Downed power lines, numerous downed trees and some roofs torn off by high wind.
— A tornado touched down in southwest Cape Coral, damage still being assessed.
— Cape Coral city hall sustained enough damage that employees hunkered down there and had to relocate to other parts of the building.
— Cape Coral hospital sustained significant damage to parts of its roof, windows and doors. There were no injuries reported.
— About 120,000 customers were without power.
— Eyewitness video showed the roof of a Fort Myers post office ripped off. Officials say no one was in the building.
PINELLAS:
— No damage reported, no power loss.
HILLSBOROUGH:
— No damage reported, no power loss
I have heard a couple reports of roofs flying off shelters....
York, PA.
snyder's comments were something to the effect that between a hurricane and the Florida residents, he'd choose/root for the hurricane. He's toast.
It's sorta worrisome seeing that the storm hasn't "broken up" over land. To think that it is still well organized and defined and that it may be coming this way is really not pleasant.
Media is just trying to boost ratings. I'm in NW Seminole County and this is just a thunderstorm. No big deal. Rain? Yes. Like we don't have that. We need it. Much about nothing.
The eye looks like it's passed a little to the east of Winter Haven now...
Lot of lakes there, maybe not too many people!
Next up: "Intercession City" !?!?!?
What a name for a town about to be blasted by a hurricane!
I would have answered you sooner, but in exhaustion I managed to take a nap and just woke.
Senator Kerry and Senator Kennedy now are denied communion in these Archdiocese/Dioceses.
So the Kerry Campaign has to plan to be elsewhere on Sunday than these cities...
Let's hope this idiot in Cape Coral got his stupid self and his wife and baby off the boat and into a proper shelter in time.
...video footage starting to come in from the hurricane's "ground zero". The picture on my screen is blurry, but it looks pretty darn bad. The talking heads were ooohing and ahhhing, saying it looks like a bomb went off, and speculating that maybe a tornado came through.
Thank you very much, tmp02.
Very odd that there doesn't appear to be much of a storm surge associated with this one - have you heard anything about flooding???
The timing of this hurricane is very suspicious...
2-1/2 hours east of Ocala puts you in the middle of the Gulf Stream!
8<)
there is flooding on the western coast....there are some pics on the net...
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