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<div class="protonmail_quote"><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong dir="auto" class="gmail_sendername">Polk County EOC</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:noreply@everbridge.net" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">noreply@everbridge.net</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 12:20 PM<br>Subject: Tropical Update<br>To: <a href="mailto:jimstewart49@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">jimstewart49@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jimstewart49@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">jimstewart49@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br> <u></u>
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<p> </p><p><strong>Please see the below information reference Tropical Update.</strong></p>
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<pre style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The center of Tropical Depression Fourteen was located near latitude 22.1 North, longitude 95.1 West. The depression is moving toward the north-northeast near 3 mph. <br>A slow northeastward or east-northeastward motion is expected during the next day or so. A faster east-northeastward to northeastward motion is forecast by Monday and <br>Tuesday. On the forecast track, the depression is forecast to remain over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico through Sunday night, then move across the south-central Gulf <br>of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by midweek. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts.
Rapid strengthening is forecast during the next few days. The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm later today and a hurricane by early Monday. The system <br>could become a major hurricane while it moves across the central and eastern Gulf of The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb </span></pre>
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<p>This message originated from the Polk County EOC via AlertPolk: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.alertpolk.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">www.alertpolk.com</a> Contact Billy Abernathy 863-298-7001 with any questions. </p> </div>
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