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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
519 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE JEANNE HEADING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
COAST...
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL
INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN
AND OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL
COUNTIES FROM MARTIN TO VOLUSIA. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES...INCLUDING LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...
OSCEOLA...AND OKEECHOBEE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES IN
ANTICIPATION OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.8 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA.

JEANNE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND AS MUCH AS 100 MILES ALONG THE TRACK OF
JEANNE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS MUST BE COMPLETE...TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. AN
INTERIOR ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET IN A WELL
CONSTRUCTED HOUSE OUTSIDE OF EVACUATION ZONES IS BEST. PREPARE FOR
THE EYEWALL AND INNER RAINBANDS AS YOU WOULD FOR A TORNADO. YOU MAY
WELL LOSE POWER PRIOR TO THE APPROACH OF THE PEAK OF THE STORM SO
HAVE A BATTERY OPERATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND AM AND FM RADIO WITH
YOU TO RECEIVE CRITICAL SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES DURING THE PASSAGE OF
JEANNE. HAVE MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS FOR COMFORT AND PROTECTION.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY MAJOR HURRICANE INNER RAINBANDS IS SIMILAR TO
THAT OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. AS JEANNE APPROACHES THE COAST OF
FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MELBOURNE WILL ISSUE FREQUENT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS...
APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30 MINUTES...FOR THE APPROACH OF STRONG SQUALLS
OUTSIDE OF THE EYE WALL. THE SQUALLS IN THESE OUTER BANDS WILL
CONTAIN WIND GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN HURRICANE FORCE...75 MPH.

AS THE INNER MOST HURRICANE EYEWALL MAKES LANDFALL...DESTRUCTIVE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS WELL IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH WILL OCCUR.
TORNADO WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE INITIAL EYEWALL THREAT ABOUT
ONE HOUR BEFORE LANDFALL. BY THIS TIME...ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE
MOVED TO THE MOST SECURE LOCATION POSSIBLE IN THE INTERIOR OF THEIR
SHELTER. ADDITIONAL EYEWALL TORNADO WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR
INLAND AREAS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL
ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. HIGH TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL AND
OCCUR AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 7 FEET ABOVE THE
PRESENT WATER LEVEL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF
LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE FLOOD THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE IS EXTREME. AS A RESULT...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES.

BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST ALONG AND NEAR THE TRACK
OF THE CENTER OF JEANNE. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE PRE-EXISTING FLOODING
CONDITIONS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS HIGHLY LIKELY IN MANY AREAS.

THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WHICH IS ALREADY IN FLOOD CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL
RISES...WITH MAJOR FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED OVER THE SAINT JOHNS BASIN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
AN INITIAL RISE IN THE WATER LEVEL NEAR DELAND...ABOVE LAKE HARNEY...
AND NEAR SANFORD...WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THEN OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...RIVER LEVELS WILL RESPOND TO THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM
...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

DECKER