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HURRICANE IRENE tracking models AT THIS HOUR are showing a slight easterly shift after Tuesday evening, August 23rd. However, the entire southeastern United States at THIS HOUR is still in the high strike probability cone. With most of southeastern Florida and the Atlantic Coasts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas in the highest probability area of involvement, persons in these areas should be monitoring local information broadcasts hourly.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami has published a MAJOR event for Irene as a Category 3 hurricane or higher as it approaches southeastern Florida, eastern Florida and the Georgia and Carolinas coastline. Persons in some of these areas can expect exceptionally high tides starting late Wednesday into the weekend, storm surges, high wave action, rip currents, beach erosion, wind damage to buildings and other structures, tornadoes spawned by the outer bands of the storm, lightning, extremely heavy rains, power outages due to downed trees, lowlands flooding and road closures.

This is a serious storm situation. The track will place this storm over very warm waters for a longer period of time and this will allow Irene to gather strength fairly quickly.

We will post additional details as necessary.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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HURRICANE Irene was updated from tropical storm status as of the 5 AM National Hurricane Center advisory Monday, August 22.

Tracking models from many sources, including our own, are showing a south Florida landfall starting as early as this Thursday evening, August 25th.

All persons living in the entire state of Florida as well as coastal Georgia, should make preparations for this Hurricane and monitor your local official NHC and media advisories.

This will be a dangerous storm as it approaches southern Florida from the southeast. Many persons have read about the devastating 1935 Labor Day Hurricane that hit southern Florida and the Florida Keys that killed over 400 persons. Modern satellite monitoring and early warnings can prevent those types of fatalities IF citizens pay attention, follow the orders of local Emergency Management Agencies and do what they are told to do regarding evacuations and other life saving orders.

We will post additional details as necessary.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storm Irene formed from a tropical wave low pressure area near the Windward and Leeward Islands on the afternoon of August 20. This storm is entering an area of very warm surface water south of Hispaniola and may reach Hurricane status by late Sunday, August 21 into early Monday, August 22. The track of this storm is projected to cross parts of The Dominican Republic and Haiti and well as eastern Cuba. The mountains in these areas will tend to weaken this storm on Tuesday and Wednesday, but persons in the southern half of Florida should be monitoring this storm carefully. We will post updates as needed or if a significant southerly shift in the projected track takes this storm over water for a longer time and the storm intensifies.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storms Gert and Harvey have not been worth mentioning to date because of their very insignificant structure and effects. This will be our only posting for these storms.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storm Franklin developed northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic over the past several hours. This storm will not affect any US coastal area and is moving northeast deeper into the Atlantic. Since this storm poses no threat to the US, this will be our only mention of Tropical Storm Franklin.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Emily formed several hours ago from a tropical wave and depression and is near the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. This tropical storm is moving west at approximately 14 MPH and is entering an area which will allow some strengthening to take place before it reaches the mountains of Hispaniola. We will be carefully watching this storm’s development because the upper level steering currents and our own computer models are showing a probability of a southeastern US coastal involvement in 3 to 5 days. While it is too early to forecast a precise track or intensity, persons in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Bahamas as well as southeastern US states should be monitoring this storm’s development closely.

We will post additional unofficial information as warranted.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storm Don formed from a tropical low pressure area in the southern Gulf of Mexico. This storm is moving west northwest at 11 miles per hour and is encountering some unfavorable upper level shear that will prevent this storm from gaining much strength. At this time, persons from northeastern Mexico to Galveston, Texas, should be monitoring this storm system. It will make landfall late Friday evening July 29 or very early Saturday morning July 30 and will bring significant rainfall to southeastern Texas. Some lowlands flooding is possible as well as some tornado activity, high Tropical Storm winds and beach erosion due to high surf. Persons in the affected area should monitor local media and NHC broadcasts concerning Tropical Storm Don.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storm Cindy – developed in the central Atlantic on Wednesday, July 20. This storm is being steered to the northeast by upper level currents, well away from any US coastal involvement. This storm will dissipate into a depression or low pressure area in just a few days. This will be our only Tropical Storm Cindy posting.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Bret formed from a tropical low pressure area northwest of Bermuda on Sunday, July 17. This storm will be affected by upper level shear which will prevent it from strengthening much. Those upper level currents will move Bret to the east northeast into the central Atlantic by week’s end where it will loose it’s tropical characteristics and weaken. This storm will allow some beneficial rains to fall in some of the drought stricken areas of the southeastern US, especially Florida, over the next couple of days. Since Tropical Storm Bret poses no major threat to the US, this will be our only report concerning this storm system.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Tropical Storm Arlene formed out of a tropical low pressure area in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. This storm will not be a threat to any US coastal areas, but since the storm was named by the National Hurricane Center, we are mentioning it in case anyone has travel plans into east central Mexico later this week. This will be our only mention of Tropical Storm Arlene.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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