Event: Hurricane Warning
Sender Name: NWS Melbourne FL
Issued: 2016-10-11T12:12:46-04:00
Expires: 2016-10-11T14:12:46-04:00
WEA Text: Hurricane Warning this area. Check local media and authorities. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WARNING. THE HURRICANE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS…AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVES CLOSER…THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY.

* WAVES/SEAS…SEAS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO INCREASE AS EARLY AS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAK THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY TO 35 TO
40 FEET OFFSHORE. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO RETURN TO PORT BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS TO SECURE THEIR
VESSELS.
Instruction: A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 64 KTS OR HIGHER
ASSOCIATED WITH A HURRICANE ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 36 HOURS. A
HURRICANE WARNING CAN REMAIN IN EFFECT WHEN DANGEROUSLY HIGH WATER
OR A COMBINATION OF DANGEROUSLY HIGH WATER AND EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH
WAVES CONTINUE…EVEN THOUGH WINDS MAY BE LESS THAN HURRICANE
FORCE.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Extreme
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm; Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm; Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 20-60 nm; Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 20-60 nm

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-PROD-2098861-19559472016911121246
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – IPAWS Test