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FLZ047-054-058-059-064-041045-

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

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

...HEAVY SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH APPROACHING BREVARD AND
INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 545 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. THE
SHOWERS WITHIN THE BAND OVER THE ATLANTIC CONTAINED WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 60 AND 75 MPH. AS THE HEAVY SHOWERS SPREAD ONSHORE THE COAST
BETWEEN MELBOURNE BEACH AND VERO BEACH...GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.
FARTHER INLAND...GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...
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.

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