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FLZ047-054-059-064-041200-

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

...HEAVY SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH APPROACHING BREVARD
COUNTY...

AT 655 AM...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATE A RAINBAND ASSOCIATED
WITH HURRICANE FRANCES EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL
TO THE COAST AT MELBOURNE...AND INLAND TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE
SHOWERS WITHIN THE BAND OVER THE ATLANTIC CONTAINED WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH. AS THE HEAVY SHOWERS SPREAD ONSHORE THE COAST
BETWEEN PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE AND INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH...GUSTS OF
65 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUBH 800 AM. FARTHER INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL PERSIST ALONG
THE NARROW RAINBAND.

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