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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
730 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE WINDS HEADED FOR THE OKEECHOBEE AND
TREASURE COAST AREAS...

...GUSTS APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS
SOUTHERN BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...

AT 730 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
DAMAGING EYEWALL WINDS OF HURRICANE WILMA MOVING ENTERING HENDRY AND
PALM BEACH COUNTIES...JUST SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

STARTING BETWEEN 800 AM AND 900 AM...AND CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND
NOON...SQUALLS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH...GUSTING BETWEEN
80 AND 100 MPH...WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM FORT DRUM AND VERO BEACH
SOUTHWARD ACROSS INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE AND MARTIN
COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MARTIN
COUNTY...COMMUNITIES AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHERN
BREVARD COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE..WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 MPH AND HURRICANE FORCE.

IN ADDITION...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR TORNADOES FROM BREVARD AND
OSCEOLA COUNTIES SOUTH TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND JUPITER IS VERY HIGH!

BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
FROM THESE WINDS!! AS THESE WINDS APPROACH...TREAT THE SITUATION AS
YOU WOULD DURING A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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