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>> GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING,
FLORIDA.
I’M ERIC YUTZY.
>> I’M JACEY BIRCH.
GLAD YOU’RE WAKING UP WITH US.
HURRICANE IAN IS WREAKING HAVOC.
STRONG STORMED SPAWNED AT LEAST
TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN
BROWARD AND MORE IN MIAMI-DADE.
YOU SEE THE DEBRIS SCATTERED
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THAT STORE AS
WELL.
>> WATER RISING IN THE FLORIDA
KEYS AFTER HOURS OF STEADY
DRENCHING RAIN LAST NIGHT.
WEATHER AUTHORITY METEOROLOGIST
JULIE DURDA AND BRANDON ORR OUR
TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH JULIE.
>> WE WANT TO GET YOU THROUGH
THE STORM THIS MORNING AND WE
WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT ALREADY
OCCURRED BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR
AREAS IN SOUTH FLORIDA DID SEE A
LOT OF DAMAGE AND SEVERE STORMS.
WE’RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
WE ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO
WATCH FOR BROWARD AND
MIAMI-DADE.
GET THING IS THE KEYS HAVE BEEN
LEFT OUT OF THAT TORNADO WATCH.
WHY?
THIS SYSTEM IS STARTING TO MOVE
NORTH.
SPEAKING OF THE SYSTEM, WOW,
WHAT A POWERFUL, MASSIVE, MAJOR
HURRICANE OFF OUR COASTLINE.
AS OF THE 5:00 A.M.
ADVISORY IT HAS WINDS OF 140
MILES AN HOUR.
THAT MAKES IT A CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE JUST OFF THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA.
PRESSURE 942 MILLIBARS,
STRENGTHENING HAS CONTINUED OVER
THE LAST HOUR MOVING TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST AT TEN MILES PER
HOUR.
HAD SYSTEM, THE OUTER BANDS LAST
I CHECKED OUR TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT 143
MILES, AROUND WHERE FT.
LAUDERDALE AND MIAMI ARE.
AS OF THIS MORNING WE’RE JUST
GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THOSE
BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE CENTER
OF WHAT IS NOW CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE.
YOU HEARD ME MENTION AT THE TOP
OF THE HOUR WE HAVE THE TORNADO
WATCH EXTENDED TO 5:00 P.M. FOR
BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE AND
FURTHER NORTH AS THE WEATHER IS
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
FOR THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT BECAUSE MORE DOWNPOURS ON
TOP OF GROUND ALREADY SATURATED
SOME AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN
FIVE TO EIGHT TO TEN INCHES OF
RAIN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WE
COULD SEE FLASH FLOODING
CONCERNS.
AS OF NOW ON THE RADAR PARKLAND
WE HAVE A DOWNPOUR LIFTING NORTH
OVER 441, A STORM OVER CORAL
SPRINGS, POMPANO BEACH, DAVIE,
COOPER CITY, OVER NORTH MIAMI
DOWNPOURS AS WELL.
A FEW MORE BUT YOU NOTICE THIS
MORNING THE BANDS ARE NOT
BRINGING US WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION LIKE WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY.
BUT EMBEDDED IN THE STORMS WINDS
GUSTING 43 MILES PER HOUR IN
POMPANO BEACH.
33 MILES PER HOUR IN PEMBROKE
PINES, 29 IN FT. LAUDERDALE.
WINDS IN THE 20s AND 30s ALL
ACROSS MIAMI-DADE AND INTO THE
KEYS WE HAVE WIND GUSTING IN THE
50s IN KEY WEST.
BECAUSE OF THE GUSTS WE ARE
UNDER THAT TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR THE MORNING FOR
BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE AND THE KEYS
AND THERE’S THAT HURRICANE
WARNING FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS.
MORE ON THIS FROM BRANDON ORR.
>> WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
GUSTS SO FAR, THE HIGHEST BEING
INTO THE KEYS.
THERE IS A LIGHTHOUSE NOT FAR
AWAY FROM KEY WEST, 14 MILES TO
THE NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST,
PICKED UP GUSTS OF 95 MILES PER
HOUR.
IN KEY WEST THE HIGHEST IS CLOSE
TO 80, 79, MEASURED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
OTHER PARTS OF THE LOWER KEYS
COMING IN CLOSE TO 70 MILES PER
HOUR BUT EVEN FARTHER NORTH
ALONG THE KEYS, ISLAMORADA GUSTS
OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR THERE.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE HIGH
GUSTS OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR AT
TIMES THROUGH BROWARD AND
MIAMI-DADE.
WE HAVE SEEN POWER OUTAGES.
IN FACT PFL REPORTS MORE THAN
7,000 CUSTOMERS OUT OF POWER IN
BROWARD, 15,000 IN MIAMI-DADE.
THOSE NUMBERS WILL LIKELY GROW
AS WE SEE THE HIGHEST GIFTS YET
TO COME IN MIAMI-DADE AND
BROWARD.
THAT’S ONE OF THE BIG HEADLINES
IN MIAMI AND FT. LAUDERDALE,
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR
WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH ABOUT MID-DAY.
HEAVY RAIN THREAT I THINK WE
HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST FLOOD
THREAT YESTERDAY.
TODAY OCCASIONAL DOWNPOURS BUT
THE GROUND IS SO SATURATED EVEN
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
OF COURSE THAT TORNADO WATCH
THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL
AROUND 5:00 P.M.
THAL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE KEYS.
SO THE TORNADO WATCH IS JUST FOR
MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD AND
POINTS TO THE NORTH.
THE KEYS IS WHERE WE ARE GETTING
THE HIGHEST GUSTS UP TO 75 MILES
PER HOUR.
CHECK OUT THE STORM SURGE,
ESPECIALLY INTO CAPE CORAL AND
FORT MYERS.
AROUND 12 FEET.
WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE
FORECASTED STORM SURGE THREE TO
FIVE FEET IN PARTS OF KEY WEST.
UPPER KEYS TWO TO FOUR FEET.
I CHECKED THE TIDE GAUGE IN KEY
WEST AND WE HAVE HAD SO FAR THE
THIRD HIGHEST STORM TIDE ON
RECORD FALLING JUST PLOW
HURRICANE IRMA IN 2017.
WE REMEMBER THAT WELL.
YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE WELL INTO
KEY WEST WILMA IN 2005.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IN PARTS
OF THE AREA.
COMING UP WE GOT LOTS MORE TO
COVER.
WHEN THE BACK HALF OF THE STORM