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WWUS72 KMLB 051905
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
256 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES...LOCATED OVER POLK COUNTY AT 3 PM...WILL
CONTINUE MOVING WEST...OR A LITTLE NORTH OF DUE WEST...AND IS
FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO OVERNIGHT.
RAINBANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRANCES WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD AND
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
MONDAY...THROUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OUT OF THE SOUTH.

FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-060800-
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-
SOUTHERN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLERMONT...DELAND...KISSIMMEE...
ST. CLOUD...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...SANFORD

...INLAND TROPICAL WIND WARNING UNTIL 400 AM MONDAY...

THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY
FROM THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT IN A FEW SQUALLS...POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH THIS
EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO WEAKENED
CONSTRUCTION...TREES...AND SIGNS.

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

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KELLY