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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
725 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...SPECIAL EVACUATION ADVICE FOR COASTAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
MEDIA OUTLETS PLEASE GIVE WIDEST DISSEMINATION...
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL
COUNTIES FROM MARTIN TO VOLUSIA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THESE LOCATIONS IN THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM EDT...THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 225
MILES EAST OF STUART FLORIDA. JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR
14 MPH. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS FOR A FLORIDA LANDFALL AS A MAJOR
HURRICANE AROUND MIDNIGHT BETWEEN PALM BEACH AND COCOA BEACH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WE ARE CONCERNED AFTER WATCHING SOME NEWS ACCOUNTS REGARDING
RESIDENTS OF BARRIER ISLANDS WHO ARE PLANNING TO RIDE OUT HURRICANE
JEANNE BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH HURRICANE FRANCES. WE HAVE
DONE A DETAILED DAMAGE SURVEY OF THE COASTLINE OF THE IMPACT OF
HURRICANE FRANCES...AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO REALIZE
THAT THE WORST WIND AND STORM SURGE FROM FRANCES AFFECTED AN
UNPOPULATED AREA OF HUTCHINSON ISLAND BETWEEN FORT PIERCE BEACH AND
JENSEN BEACH AND NETTLES ISLAND. THE GREATEST IMPACT WAS FROM
NEAR MIDDLE COVE BEACH ACCESS TO HERMAN'S BAY PARK. EVIDENCE OF
BATTERING WAVES ON TOP OF STORM SURGE TO A HEIGHT OF 12 FEET OR
GREATER...ALONG WITH EXTREME BEACH EROSION AND A BRIDGE FAILURE...
WERE NOTED. IMPORTANTLY...PEOPLE LOCATED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH END
OF HUTCHINSON ISLAND DID NOT RECEIVE THE WORST OF THE IMPACTS OF
FRANCES.

WE ALSO NOTED THAT VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPERIENCED
ONLY CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE EFFECTS FROM FRANCES. SOUTHERN BREVARD
AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES EXPERIENCED CATEGORY ONE TO CATEGORY TWO
IMPACTS WITH MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES SOLIDLY WITHIN THE CATEGORY
TWO IMPACT RANGE. TO BASE YOUR EVACUATION DECISION SOLELY ON YOUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES DURING FRANCES IS A MISTAKE.

JEANNE WILL LIKELY BE STRONGER...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF
WHERE THE INNER EYEWALL MAKES LANDFALL. AT THIS POINT IT IS STILL
UNCERTAIN EXACTLY WHERE THIS AREA WILL BE. THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME
THIS MORNING TO COMMIT TO EVACUATING AS ADVISED AND MOVE TO SAFETY.
WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH CHARLEY AND FRANCES WITHOUT ANY DIRECT DEATHS
FROM HURRICANE WIND OR WATER IMPACTS...PLEASE FOLLOW ADVICE OF YOUR
COUNTY OFFICIALS AND LETS ALL MAKE IT THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

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

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HAGEMEYER