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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1156 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...LARGE EYE OF WILMA MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC....

...NEW INFORMATION...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WARNING FOR WIDE SPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES.
THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS EXPIRED. SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE
COAST BETWEEN FT. PIERCE AND CAPE CANAVERAL.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO
TITUSVILLE...WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NORTH
OF TITUSVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR
VOLUSIA COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN
BREVARD...VOLUSIA...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...INDIAN RIVER...
OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1120 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED OVER PALM
BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY SAFELY
INSIDE AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR TORNADO WARNINGS AND FLOOD WARNINGS
FOR THEIR AREA THIS MORNING AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. IN THE EVENT
OF A TORNADO...OR EVEN FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITHIN THE INNER
RAINBANDS AND EYEWALL OF WILMA...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BLOCK HOME OR BUILDING...AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WILMA IS BEING PUSHED OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST BY AN ADVANCING
SURFACE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. INTENSE RAIN BANDS WITH
WIND GUST BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST
BETWEEN FT. PIERCE AND CAPE CANAVERAL. WINDS AT THE UPPER FLOORS OF
BEACH FRONT HIGH RISE CONDOMINIUMS ARE LIKELY GUSTING BETWEEN 8O
AND 90 MPH. IN THE LAST HOUR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REPORTED
GUSTS TO 74 MPH...CAPE CANAVERAL WIND TOWERS REPORTED GUSTS TO 69
MPH. MELBOURNE AIRPORT HAD A GUST TO 60 MPH.

DAMAGING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTH BEHIND THE LARGE EYE OF
HURRICANE WILMA INTO OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES AND ACROSS THE
INTERIOR OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN STUART AND PORT CANAVERAL.
WITH THE EYE MOVING RAPIDLY OFF THE COAST THESE WINDS WILL BEING TO
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL LINGER MAINLY OVER THE
COASTAL AREAS OF BREVARD COUNTY.


...FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WARNING FOR WIDE SPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES.
AT 1150 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING TO
OCCUR ACROSS BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES
ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NWS MELBOURNE
AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT CAN BE
VIEWED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB AND CLICKING ON WILMA LOCAL INFO.

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