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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1113 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OFFSHORE THE TREASURE COAST...HEADED FOR
MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES...
...OUTER RAINBAND SPREADING WESTWARD ACROSS ORLANDO METRO AREA...
SEMINOLE...LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...

AT 1110 AM...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE OUTERMOST SPIRAL
RAINBAND ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES IS PUSHING ACROSS THE
ORLANDO METRO AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS
THIS SQUALL LINE PUSHES WEST ACROSS SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...
LAKE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTIES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE SOLID RAIN SHIELD HAS SPREAD INTO MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTIES FROM THE ATLANTIC...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH
AND WEST. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS LURKING OFFSHORE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYE WALL OF
HURRICANE FRANCES. THESE DAMAGING WINDS WILL COME ONSHORE MARTIN AND
ST LUCIE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL
OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL PERSIST ALONG THESE NARROW RAINBANDS.
FARTHER INLAND ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...AS WELL AS INTERIOR INDIAN
RIVER...ST LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED IN ANY RAINBANDS...WITH 30 TO 40 MPH EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF
THE RAINBANDS.

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KELLY