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WWUS82 KMLB 080230
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1028 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

FLZ047-141-147-080330-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-
1030 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

...SQUALLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY
RAIN OVER BREVARD COUNTY...COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 1030 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE CENTER OF STATIONARY
TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA ABOUT 75 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE
CANAVERAL. BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...WERE JUST OFFSHORE THE BREVARD COUNTY COAST NORTH TO THE
VOLUSIA COUNTY NEAR SHORE WATERS.

THROUGH 1 AM...SHOWER BANDS WILL MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE VOLUSIA
AND BREVARD COUNTY COASTLINE TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30
MPH. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH
WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COAST MAINLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 95.

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