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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...MAJOR INLAND HURRICANE WIND EVENT TO CROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...MAJOR OUTER HURRICANE RAINBAND MOVING INTO KISSIMMEE AND METRO
ORLANDO AREA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN
AND OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST FROM
COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH.

INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNINGS FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
SATURDAY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 430 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS 140 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF ORLANDO AND MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH. A
STRONG OUTER RAINBAND PRECEDING CHARLEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
KISSIMMEE AND METRO ORLANDO AREA BETWEEN 445 PM AND 530 PM BRINING
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. ON THIS TRACK AND SPEED THE
LEADING EDGE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...WHICH EXTEND WELL AHEAD OF
CHARLEY...WILL ARRIVE IN OSCEOLA AND WESTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BY 6
PM AND THE GREATER ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE AREAS AROUND 8 PM. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SEMINOLE...NORTHERN BREVARD AND
VOLUSIA COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY
BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE AND MARTIN
COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE GREATEST RISK TO LIFE IN THESE AREAS WILL BE TO THOSE IN TRAILERS
...RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. ANOTHER SERIOUS
RISK THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM FALLING TREES. IT HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF
YEARS SINCE THE AREA HAS BEEN SWEPT BY HIGH WINDS...SO A GREAT NUMBER
OF TREES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN IN AND NEAR THE STORM TRACK.  EXPECT
SERIOUS WIND DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES. MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTION SHOULD BE
COMPLETED. IF STRONG WINDS PASS OVER YOUR AREA TAKE THE SAME
PRECAUTIONS YOU WOULD FOR A TORNADO. THAT IS...GO TO A SMALL ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET HALLWAY OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR SEEK
SAFETY IN COUNTY OPERATED SHELTERS. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES CAN
BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THIS HAS BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT:

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB

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DECKER/HAGEMEYER