ON PIRATE
RADIO DOWN IN THE KEYS.
>> Anchor: WE TURN NOW TO THE
WEATHER TEAM MAX AND BETTY
STANDING BY.
>> Anchor: GOOD MORNING E
EVERYONE.
THAT IS THE HEADLINE AT THIS
HOUR.
9:30 A.M.
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRMA
MADE LANDFALL AT CUDJOE KEY.
THAT COMING FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER.
IRMA'S WIND FIELD SPREADING OUT
AND AFFECTING US ALL OVER.
IF YOU ARE WATCHING FROM HOME OR
LISTENING ON THE RADIO MAKING
FEELING UNSERVED BY THE ANY.
THAT IS THE RUSTLING WINDS
STRONG NOW AND LIKELY RAMPING UP
AS WE'RE HEADING THROUGH THE DAY
AND THE CORE OF IRMA CONTINUES
TO LIFT A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE
NORTH GETTING CLOSER TO THE
CLOSEST APPROACH HERE.
THE LANDFALL HAS BEEN MADE.
WE'LL DIVE TO THE SUBJECT OF
WINDS.
WE START WITH GRAPHICS 41.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW FAST
ARE THEY BELYING OUTSIDE THE
HOUSE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE.
EAST WIND AROUND PEOPLE BROKE
PINES.
THESE WINDS ARE RIGHT NOW
SUSTAINED 40 PLUS MILES PER HOUR
TO KENDALL, TOO.
NOTICE SOME OF THE REPORTING
STATIONS ARE KNOCKED OFF LINE.
THAT IS PROBABLY A RESULT OF
SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS AND
THE GUSTS WE'RE SHOWING NOW
ANYWHERE FROM NEAR 60 MILES PE
HO WE GUSTED TO TROPICAL STORM
HURRICANE FORCE I SHOULD SAY
AROUND 70, 71 MILES PER HOUR.
WE REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH
AS THESE BANDS, THERE STILL
COULD BE SPINUPS WITHIN THE
BANDS AND DUE DRAW YOUR EYE IF
YOU ARE WATCHING US RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU ARE NOT I'LL JUST
DESCRIBE TO YOU.
WHAT THE DOPPLER RADAR LOOKS
LIKE.
THE ENTIRE AREA OF SOUTH FLORIDA
IS COVERED IN RAIN.
THESE ARE ALL IRMA RAIN BANDS.
THERE'S ONE BAND IN PARTICULAR
THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT I
EXTENDING FROM THE UPP KEYS,
FROM NINE MILES SOUTH OF
WILDERNESS WATERWAY TO NEAR
ROYAL PALM RANGER TO SOUTHWEST
OF KEY LARGO THIS IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
IN A COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS.
PRIMARY IMPACT GUSTING TO 100
MILES PER HOUR.
IF YOU ARE WATCHING FROM MIAMI,
MIAMI BEACH, HOMESTEAD, CORAL
GABLES, KEY BISCAYNE.
MAYBE LISTENING FROM THE
HOMESTEAD AREA.
VIRGINIA KEY, KENDALL, DORAL.
PINE CREST.
WEST MIAMI AND ALL THESE PLACES
AS THIS BAND LIFTS IN.
THERE'S THAT POTENTIAL FOR THESE
WINDS TO GUST 80 TO 100 MILES
PER HOUR.
SO THAT IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PRODUCED
BY IRMA OUTSIDE OF THAT CENTER
OF CIRCULATION, MAX.
WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE
BAND AS IT LIFTS UP.
YOU THINK THE WINDS ARE STRONG.
YOU ARE A BIT UNNERVED.
YOU COULD HAVE STRONGER GUSTS
COMING YOUR WAY THROUGH AREAS OF
SOUTH MIAMI-DADE.
WE WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
SLOW MOTION OF THIS.
SEEMS LIKE FOR DAYSES.
THEN SLOWING DOWN AND SIX MILES
PER HOUR YESTERDAY AND NOW
MOVING EIGHT MILES PER HOUR.
IT'S STILL VERY SLOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT
TH LET ME SHOW YOU THE GRAPHIC
ON GRAPHICS 4
WHERE YOU SEE YELLOW THAT
REPRESENTS THE STORM FORCE
WINDS.
THEY GO OUT 200 MILES OR SO FROM
THE EYE.
THE ORANGE AREA REPRESENTS THE
STRONGER TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN
MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY
AND STRONGER IN THE KEYS.
YOU CAN SEE THE RED AREA THE
BEST DEPIPTION.
THAT IS CATEGORY THREE , OR FOUR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN THE EYE
WALL.
THEY WENT OVER THE LOWER KEYS
DOWN HERE.
AND IT'S REALLY FROM THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE DOWN TO NEAR KEY
WEST.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO WALK
THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS RIGHT NOW 9:00 A.M.
LET'S WALK THROUGH.
MOVING SLOWLY HERE WE ARE BY 5
P.M. TODAY.
THE CENTER IS 30, 40 MILES WEST
OF MARKER ISLAND AND NAPLES.
LOOK AT THIS ORANGE HERE.
THAT ORANGE AREA IS STILL OVER
ALL OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY AND STILL OVER THE KEYS.
EVEN WITH THE CENTER WALL UP
HERE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING
NO.
SOME GUSTS GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE
AND SOME SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE
EXTREME BANDS THEY WER JUST
TALKING ABOUT THERE.
THIS IS ALL THROUGH T DAY IT'S
MOVED UP NEAR FORT MYERS AND
NEAR SARASOTA THE CENTER.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS I
DON'T THINK THE STRONG WINDS
WILL GET OUT OF HERE UNTIL LATER
TONIGH.
THE WINDS IS TOMORROW MORNING.
IT HATE TO TELL YOU THAT.
IT'S ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT
THEY'LL HAVE EXTREME FLOODING
EVERYWHERE FROM MARKER ISLAND,
NAPLES, FORT MYERS UP TO THE
HARBOR AREA.
PUNTA GORDA AND IN FACT PROBABLY
HIGHER WITH THIS THAN THEY HAD
IN CHARLEY TO EVEN AS IT GOES
NEAR TAMPA BAY.
IT'S GOING TO PUSH WATER INTO
TAMPA BAY.
NOT JUST ST. PETERSBURG AND
COASTAL AREAS BUT UP IN THE BAY.
FOR US THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
BY MONDAY MORNING.
IT'S A LONG, LONG HALL.
THIS IS THE MOST RECENT SCAN.
CUDJOE KEY WHERE LANDFALL WAS
CALLED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE ISLANDS.
WE WASN'T WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
LAND FALL POINT RIGHT HERE
BECAUSE WHAT COUNTS IS IF YOU
ARE IN THE EYE WALL.
THAT IS A LARGE AREA TALKING
ABOUT HERE THIS MORNING AND THAT
BAND RIGHT THE.
ACTUALLY IT'S THE 7 MILE BRIDGE
MARATHON IS ON THE OUTER TREND.
SOUTHWARD DOWN TO KEY WES IT --
YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- YOU ARE
GOING TO KEEP IF YOU LOOK OUT
THE WINDOW I HOPE YOU ARE NOT
TOO CLOSE TO WINDOWS.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SHAKING
LIKE THIS.
JUST LOOKING AT THAT AND MOVING
AT THIS SLOW SPEED MEANS THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY AND
LONG NIGHT.
>> Anchor: IT WILL BE.
IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN 10:00
A.M. AND NOON WHEN THE STRONGER
BAND COULD LIFT IN.
IT'S OVER DEEP SOUTH DADE DOWN
TOWARD THE UPPER KEYS, CLOSER TO
KEY LARGO.
THAT IS GOING TO FLIFT BETWEEN
10:00 A.M. AND NOON AND IMPACT
PARTS OF MIAMI AREA.
THAT'S WHEN THE WINDS COULD
POSSIBLY GUST 80 TO 100 MILES
PER HOUR.
GUSTS LIKE THAT COULD LEAD TO
SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE
THAT THE WINDS WILL BE
INCREASING IN INTENSITY TODAY.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE
SURPRISED BY THAT.
YOU ARE PROBABLY ALREADY RATTLED
BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST POWER.
YOU ARE LISTENING ON THE RADIO.
WE'RE WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF WAY
AS IRMA CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE
AREA.
OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
ALL ALONG THE WINDS WOULD BE AN
ISSUE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE WINDS BY THE
WAY.
AT TIMES WE STILL COULD HAVE
SOME BRIEF SPINUPS.
WE'RE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.
IF THERE ARE WARNINGS WE'LL BE
PASSING THE MESSAGE AS LONG TO
YOU.
THERE ARE NO ACTIVE WARNINGS BUT
SOMETHING YOU NEED IF HE
THINKING ABOUT.
IF YOU ARE HUNKERED DOWN IT'S
THAT KIND OF DAY WHERE YOU KEEP