000 WWUS72 KMLB 231535 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1135 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...DAMAGING WINDS FROM HURRICANE WILMA EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON MONDAY... HURRICANE WILMA OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO IS ACCELERATING TOWARD THE STATE. WILMA IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN FORWARD SPEED TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAKING LANDFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST EARLY MONDAY. FLZ045-242000- /X.CAN.KMLB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051025T0000Z/ /X.EXB.KMLB.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2000Z/ ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ORLANDO 1135 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY. THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. BASED UPON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...STRONG WINDS FROM WILMA WILL BEGIN ARRIVING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AROUND SUNRISE. AS WILMA RACES ACROSS THE PENINSULA ON MONDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY. ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...THE THREAT FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS WILL EXIST AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE... AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ FLZ053-058-242000- /X.EXT.KMLB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2000Z/ OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...OKEECHOBEE 1135 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY... THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY. BASED UPON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...STRONG WINDS FROM WILMA WILL BEGIN ARRIVING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS. AS WILMA RACES ACROSS THE PENINSULA ON MONDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY INCLUDING SOUTHERNMOST PORTIONS OF OSCEOLA COUNTY. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A LAND FALLING HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...OR A HOME THAT AFFORDS LITTLE PROTECTION FROM FLYING DEBRIS...EVACUATE TO A MORE SECURE BUILDING. MANY MOBILE HOMES MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND FALLING TREES ESPECIALLY IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. $$ FLZ041-044-046-144-242000- /X.EXT.KMLB.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...SANFORD...CLERMONT 1135 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY... THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY. BASED UPON THE CURRENT FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...INCREASING WINDS FROM HURRICANE WILMA WILL BEGIN TO BE FELT ACROSS LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES NEAR SUNRISE ON MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE RAIN BANDS NORTH OF WILMA. THESE WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LAND FALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE... AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ JP