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WWUS52 KMLB 042046
SVSMLB
FLZ047-054-058-059-064-147-042145-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MOVING THROUGH
SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES...

AT 445 PM...A STRONG RAINBAND WITH FRANCES WAS MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY NEAR MELBOURNE BEACH TO PALM BAY TO BLUE
CYPRESS LAKE AND FORT DRUM. THIS RAINBAND MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 65 TO 75 MPH.

INTENSE RAINBANDS WITH FRANCES HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. A PORTION OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF THE K
MART BUILDING IN FORT PIERCE AS A RAINBAND MOVED THROUGH. MANY
REPORTS OF TREES BEING UPROOTED AND SIGNS BEING BLOWN DOWN HAVE ALSO
BEEN RECEIVED. POWER POLES ALONG STATE ROUTE A-1-A NEAR SOUTH
PATRICK HOUSING HAVE TOPPLED OR WERE LEANING HEAVILY. DAMAGE
TO WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR TO A FEW
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ALONG A-1-A IN IN SATELLITE BEACH AND INDIAN
HARBOUR BEACH.

REMAIN INDOORS IN A SAFE AREA OF A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AGAIN REMAIN IN A STURDY STRUCTURE FOR PROTECTION FROM THE
WIND.

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VOLKMER