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r• <br />i hurricane Watch: An alert issued by the National Hurricane Center whenever a hurricane <br />becomes a threat to coastal areas. Watches are usually i skied within 24 to 36 hours in <br />advance of the hurricane. <br />National 'Hurricane (:enter: Located in Miami. Florida. This Department of Commerce <br />division is responsible for all hurricane forecasts and tracking. The N11C follows a tropical <br />disturbance: from development to dissipation. Should a storm make landfall. the NHC <br />obtains the data necessary to aid in damage prevention for coastal cornmunitic% <br />National oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration: The agency responsible for all <br />weather forecasting in the United States. <br />Storm. Surge: A dome of sea water up to 2tt feet high that arrives with a hurricane and can <br />affect as much as 100 miles of coastline. Evacuation zones arc identified by their likelihood <br />of being flooded by this rising water. which is responsible for 9 out of lit deaths during a <br />hurricane. <br />Tornado- Destructive storm of shun duration formed of winds rotating in a counter- <br />clockwise rotanon direction at speeds of up to 3iM)mph. <br />Tropical Wave: A cluster of thunderstorms maintaining organization for 24 hours, No <br />notation or high winds are associated with a tropical wave. <br />'Tropical Depression: A cluster of clouds andior thunderstorms without an organized <br />circulation and top surface winds of 39mph. <br />Tropical Storm.- An organizes system of strong thunderstorms with a defined circulation <br />rind top surface winds between 39mph and 74mph. Storms are named when they reach <br />Tropical Storrs strenvili <br />Tropical Storni Warning: An alert issued by the National Hurricane Center to specific <br />coastal areas that tropical stoini conditions including possible sustained winds within the <br />range of 39mph to 74mph are expected within the 24 hours. <br />"i ropicai Storm Watch: An alert issued by the National t lurricane Center to specific coastal <br />areas that tropical storm conditions may pose a threat withif, the next 74 to iia hour!:. <br />Upwelling: A condition that occurs when hurricanes remain in the same area for sew--ral <br />days. Cooler water is moved to the surface by the continued strong winds from the <br />stfltiopary storm. <br />