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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
7 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...FRANCES TEMPORARILY MOVING MORE NORTH WESTWARD TOWARD WESTERN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THREAT INCREASING TO BREVARD COUNTY...

...HURRICANE WARNING FROM SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO NORTH OF
DEERFIELD BEACH WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COAST...

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ORANGE...LAKE...SEMINOLE...AND
INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM EDT...

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

...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 7 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
IN WESTERN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY NEAR THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE EAST OF
FORT DRUM.  FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE STILL NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THREAT OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HIGHER GUSTS IS INCREASING
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY AS A POSSIBLY TEMPORARY
NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS INCREASING THE STRENGTH OF RAINBANDS ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF FRANCES MOVING OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.
THERE IS A RISK THESE BAND MAY SPREAD FURTHER NORTHWARD THAN
EXPECTED INTO CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY. THE HIGHEST WINDS SO FAR WITH
FRANCES MAY OCCUR ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS.
STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOW IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 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

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HAGEMEYER