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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
323 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...HURRICANE WILMA RAPIDLY PULLING OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL TO STUART. INLAND HURRICANE  AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN CANCELED AND REPLACED WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 MPH GUST TO 40. HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
WILL REMAIN UP FOR COASTAL AREAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ALL BUT A
FEW RAIN SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. ALL FLASH
FLOOD AND AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE
EXPIRED. RIVER LEVELS ON THE ST. JOHNS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH
MID WEEK. MINOR FLOODING AT LAKE HARNEY IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY.


 ...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. A WIND ADVISORY FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 IS IN EFFECT FOR OKEECHOBEE...
OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND LAKE COUNTIES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
STAY SAFELY INSIDE AND WAIT FOR DEBRIS AND POWER LINES TO BE CLEARED
FROM ROADS. WITH POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
BE CAREFUL RUNNING GENERATORS. OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID CARBON MON-OXIDE POISONING. WATCH FOR DOWNED POWER LINES AND
USE CANDLES AND LANTERNS WITH EXTREME CARE.  DO NOT GO TO SLEEP
TONIGHT WITH CANDLES BURNING IN YOUR RESIDENCE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WITH WILMA RAPIDLY MOVING AWAY FROM FLORIDA WINDS ARE SLOWLY
SUBSIDING. BUT WINDS OF 25 WITH GUST TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN
INLAND AREAS AS A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO PUSH INTO THE
STATE.  WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE COASTAL
COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND THE
BEACHES.  RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO BEGIN OUTDOOR CLEAN UP
ACTIVITIES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE TORNADO THREAT IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR FLOODING IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS ESSENTIALLY
ENDED. ALL FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR THE AREA.  RISES ON
THE ST. JOHNS RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING NEAR LAKE
HARNEY BY MID WEEK.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NWS MELBOURNE
AROUND 6 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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