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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...DAMAGING WINDS FROM HURRICANE WILMA EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON MONDAY...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS EMERGING NORTHWARD OFF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST
TO TURN NORTHEAST AND HEAD TOWARD FLORIDA ON SUNDAY...AND THEN
ACCELERATE WHILE MOVING ACROSS THE PENINSULA MONDAY.

FLZ045-053-058-231000-
/X.NEW.KMLB.HI.A.0001.051022T2139Z-051025T0000Z/
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...
OKEECHOBEE
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
HURRICANE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

BASED UPON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER...STRONG WINDS FROM WILMA WILL BEGIN ARRIVING
INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...PERHAPS AS EARLY
AS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE
SYSTEM ACCELERATES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA MONDAY MORNING...
AT A FORWARD SPEED OF 20 TO 30 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR
LAKE OKEECHOBEE...THE THREAT FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OR GUSTS
WILL EXIST AS FAR NORTH AS ORLANDO AND THE KISSIMMEE SAINT CLOUD
AREAS.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A LANDFALLING HURRICANE
IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...
WELL INLAND DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SECURE BUILDING. HAVE
CLOTHES...IMPORTANT PAPERS...MEDICINES AND SMALL VALUABLES
GATHERED AND READY TO GO ON SHORT NOTICE.

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/X.NEW.KMLB.TI.A.0002.051022T2139Z-051025T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...SANFORD...CLERMONT
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

BASED UPON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER...INCREASING WINDS FROM HURRICANE WILMA WILL
BEGIN TO BE FELT ACROSS LAKE...SEMINOLE AND INLAND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING TOWARD SUNRISE. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM ACCELERATES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA
MONDAY MORNING.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM IN THE
NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. PLANS TO PROTECT YOUR HOME AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE READIED AT THIS TIME.

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