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WWUS82 KMLB 080441
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1240 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

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COASTAL VOLUSIA-FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-NORTHERN BREVARD-
1240 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

...TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA APPEARS TO BE EDGING CLOSER TO THE
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...

AT 1230 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS ABOUT 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
PORT CANAVERAL...AND APPEARS TO BE RELOCATING WESTWARD A FEW
MILES CLOSER TO SHORE. THIS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO TO DETERMINE IF OPHELIA HAS RESUMED ANY PERSISTENT
MOVEMENT. CONVECTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF OPHELIA IS CURRENTLY BEING
REDISTRIBUTED ABOUT ITS CENTER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS HAS
CAUSED ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS TO APPROACH CLOSER TO THE NORTH BREVARD
COUNTY COAST WHERE TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS WERE LIKELY OCCURRING.

THROUGH 230 AM...SHOWER BANDS WILL MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE VOLUSIA
AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTY COASTLINE TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 25
TO 30 MPH. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG
WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 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. THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF OPHELIA WILL BE
MONITORED TO ANY ADDITIONAL WESTWARD RELOCATION.

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