000 WTUS82 KMLB 050617 HLSMLB AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 051000- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 215 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 ...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 90 TO 100 MPH TO AFFECT INDIAN RIVER AND BREVARD COUNTIES... ...THE CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE OF FRANCES FINALLY MOVES ONSHORE NEAR PORT SALERNO IN MARTIN COUNTY... ...HURRICANE WARNING FROM SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO FLORIDA CITY WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM... ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...LAKE... VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...ORANGE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES... ...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. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 130 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.2 WEST OR NEAR SEWALL'S POINT FLORIDA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE EYEWALL HAS ALREADY MOVED OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. A CONTINUED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE INLAND ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IN THE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE EYE MOVES TOTALLY INLAND. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS WIND AND FLOODING SITUATION. WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...TOPPLE TREES AND POWER POLES AND CAUSE FLYING DEBRIS TO BREAK WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS...MAINLY ALONG THE MARTIN...ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. REMAIN INDOORS IN A STURDY ROOM...AWAY FROM EXPOSED WINDOWS OR DOORS. THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SIDE OF STRUCTURES WILL TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE WINDS. TORNADOES WILL POSE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STAY SAFELY INSIDE IN A CENTRAL LOCATION WITHIN A STURDY STRUCTURE. IT IS UNWISE TO VENTURE OUTSIDE TONIGHT. STAY INDOORS. THIS IS A CRITICALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ...WIND IMPACTS... AT 130 AM...THE CENTER OF THE EYE WAS IN VICINITY OF STUART AND PORT SALERNO IN MARTIN COUNTY. THE EASTERN EYEWALL HAS YET TO MOVE ONSHORE AND WILL BE SLOW TO ARRIVE...LIKELY AROUND 330 AM. INTENSE EYEWALL RAINBANDS WERE ROTATING ONSHORE FROM SATELLITE BEACH TO VERO BEACH. WITHIN THIS REGION...WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 100 MPH WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO MANY STRUCTURES AND TREES. SOME ROOF FAILURES ARE LIKELY. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST FROM SATELLITE BEACH TO VERO BEACH SHOULD BRACE THEMSELVES FOR AN EXTENDED DURATION OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS!!! THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. REMAIN A SAFE CENTRAL LOCATION OF YOUR HOME AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. ON THE MAINLAND FROM SOUTH BREVARD TO MARTIN COUNTIES...WIND GUSTS FROM 70 TO 90 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. THE EYE OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SLOWLY INLAND ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY. LOCATIONS ALONG THE TRACK OF THE EYE WILL EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF LIGHT WINDS...BEFORE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS RETURN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EASTERN EYEWALL. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE AS DARKNESS WILL HIDE DOWNED POWER LINES...DEBRIS...FLOODED AREAS...AND OTHER HAZARDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AS CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN DETERIORATE AS THE EASTERN EYEWALL APPROACHES. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS OPERATING WITHIN THE CALM AREA OF THE EYE WILL HAVE ONE TO TWO HOURS BEFORE NEEDING TO RETURN TO SECURE SHELTER BEFORE DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN EYEWALL. FROM HUTCHINSON ISLAND TO STUART...HOBE SOUND...AND INLAND ACROSS ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES...THE EASTERN EYEWALL CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER 3 AM. HAM RADIO REPORTS INDICATE SEVERAL ROOF FAILURES IN MELBOURNE. A FIRE HAS OCCURRED IN SATELLITE BEACH. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. A WIND GUST TO 73 MPH RECENTLY OCCURRED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE OFFICE. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... MAXIMUM STORM TIDES OF 7 OR 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF STUART. NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL...A SURGE OF 3 TO 4 FEET IS LIKELY. BATTERING WAVES OF VERY LONG DURATION WILL BE OF GREAT CONCERN ALONG THE BEACHES. SIGNIFICANT WIND AND WAVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES...THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. AT 130 AM...RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL SHOW BROAD AREAS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE OCEAN NORTH OF THE EYE WALL. ON LAND... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN INDICATED ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND STUART. THIS HAS BEEN AN SLOW MOVING SYSTEM AND EVEN THOUGH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER NIGHT...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA WELL INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 16 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRANCES. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... OVERNIGHT THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT WILL BE NEAR THE COAST AND ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBANDS THAT ARE ROTATING ONSHORE BETWEEN FORT PIERCE AND ORMOND BEACH. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM 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 $$ DWS