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WWUS52 KMLB 041207
SVSMLB
FLZ047-054-059-064-041300-

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

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

AT 755 AM...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A RAINBAND ASSOCIATED
WITH HURRICANE FRANCES EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL
TO THE COAST AT SATELLITE BEACH AND INDIAN HARBOR BEACH...AND INLAND
TO SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY. 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 THROUGH 900 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.

ADDITIONAL SQUALLS WILL MOVE ONSHORE THE MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND
INDIAN RIVER COASTLINES WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...DECREASING TO
45 TO 55 MPH AS THEY PUSH INLAND TO I 95 AND POINTS WEST.

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KELLY