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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
315 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES PASSES...

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING.

HURRICANE FRANCES...LOCATED OVER MARTIN COUNTY AT 3 AM...WILL MOVE
WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY THIS MORNING...THEN INTO
HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTY. RAINBANDS ROTATING AROUND HURRICANE
FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE CIRCULATION. FARTHER NORTH...ACROSS AREAS NORTH
AND WEST OF METRO ORLANDO...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON.

FLZ041-044>046-144-051700-
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLERMONT...DELAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING LOWERED TO INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WIND WARNING AND CONTINUED UNTIL 100 PM...

THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE...HIGHLANDS...AND POLK COUNTIES TOWARD THE TAMPA AREA
TODAY. NORTH OF THE HURRICANE TRACK...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING WITH A FEW SQUALLS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO WEAKENED
CONSTRUCTION...TREES...AND SIGNS.

DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREES FROM OVERNIGHT SQUALLS WILL MAKE CLEAN UP
AND DRIVING DANGEROUS TODAY. REMAIN SAFELY INDOORS THROUGH SUNRISE...
AND BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN GOING OUTDOORS TO EXAMINE DAMAGE
LATER THIS MORNING. A MAJORITY OF THE INJURIES AND FATALITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY OCCURRED DURING THE CLEAN UP
STAGE.

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FLZ053-058-051700-
OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KISSIMMEE...ST. CLOUD

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING CONTINUED UNTIL 100 PM...

THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE...HIGHLANDS...AND POLK COUNTIES TOWARD THE TAMPA AREA
TODAY. ALONG THE HURRICANE TRACK...WIND GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...TREES...AND SIGNS.

DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREES FROM OVERNIGHT SQUALLS WILL MAKE CLEAN UP
AND DRIVING DANGEROUS TODAY. REMAIN SAFELY INDOORS THROUGH SUNRISE...
AND BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN GOING OUTDOORS TO EXAMINE DAMAGE
LATER THIS MORNING. LISTEN TO ADVICE FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS. A MAJORITY OF THE INJURIES AND FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
HURRICANE CHARLEY OCCURRED DURING THE CLEAN UP STAGE.

$$

SPRATT