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WWUS52 KMLB 040926
SVSMLB
FLZ054-058-059-064-041015-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
526 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...HURRICANE FRANCES RAINBAND INCREASING IN INTENSITY...

AT 525 AM...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATE A RAINBAND ASSOCIATED 
WITH HURRICANE FRANCES EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES EAST OF CAPE 
CANAVERAL TO THE COAST AT VERO BEACH...AND INLAND TO LAKE 
OKEECHOBEE. WINDS WITHIN SHOWERS ALONG THE BAND OVER THE ATLANTIC 
CONTAINED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH. AS THE HEAVY SHOWERS 
SPREAD ONSHORE THE COAST BETWEEN SEBASTIAN INLET AND VERO BEACH 
EARLY THIS MORNING...WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG THE 
COAST...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE INCH PER 
HOUR...UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR IN ISOLATED SPOTS...WILL 
PERSIST ALONG THE NARROW RAINBAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIVER 
COUNTY AND NORTHWEST SAINT LUCIE COUNTY.

IN THE LAST HOUR...JENSEN BEACH REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 MPH 
WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

LAT...LON 2791 7997 2811 8025 2721 8085 2688 8063

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