000 WWUS72 KMLB 061510 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1110 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES...CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE PANHANDLE LATER TODAY. THE LARGE CIRCULATION OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WIND OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT. FLZ041-044>046-144-062200- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLERMONT...DELAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WHILE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO WEAKENED CONSTRUCTION...TREES... AND SIGNS. ADDITIONAL DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREES WILL MAKE CLEAN UP AND DRIVING DANGEROUS. 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. $$ FLZ141-147-062200- COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WHILE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO WEAKENED CONSTRUCTION...TREES... AND SIGNS. ADDITIONAL DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREES WILL MAKE CLEAN UP AND DRIVING DANGEROUS. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN GOING OUTDOORS TO EXAMINE DAMAGE. A MAJORITY OF THE INJURIES AND FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY OCCURRED DURING THE CLEAN UP STAGE. $$ FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-062200- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD-ST. LUCIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...KISSIMMEE... ST. CLOUD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...VERO BEACH ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WHILE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 20 WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANYONE WHO MAY BE INVOLVED WITH ACTIVITIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREES WILL MAKE CLEAN UP AND DRIVING DANGEROUS. 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. $$ BRAGAW