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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 110 MPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1006 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...BAND OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES AFFECTING THE COAST FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
SOUTH...
...SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLS WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH APPROACHING
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1005 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERO
BEACH OR 35 MILES EAST OF STUART. THE MOST INTENSE RAINBAND OF THE
HURRICANE...CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 110 MPH WILL SPIRAL
ONSHORE AND POUND THE COASTLINE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT AND ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM. WINDS ALONG
PORTIONS OF THE ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN COAST WILL BECOME LIGHT AFTER 11
PM AS THE EYE OF JEANNE MAKES LANDFALL...BEFORE RESUMING AGAIN AT
DAMAGING STRENGTH FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY
ALSO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS WIND BAND...ACTING TO ENHANCING DAMAGE
POTENTIAL. A PORTION OF THIS BAND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

***DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...CAPABLE OF DESTROYING WEAK STRUCTURES AND
DAMAGING EVEN WELL BUILT STRUCTURES WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS
SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TREES WILL BE UPROOTED
AND LARGE DEBRIS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE. REMAIN IN THE SAFEST INTERIOR
LOCATION WITHIN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL THE EYEWALL PASSES. PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM BREAKING GLASS AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES WITH
MATTRESSES.***

ACROSS NORTH BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...OCCASIONAL FAST MOVING
SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN.

OVER INLAND AREAS...QUICK PASSING SHOWERS AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. STEADY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL IMPACT OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM...WITH STRONGER WINDS LIKELY AFTER
1100 PM.

UNOFFICIAL WIND OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE COAST SOUTH OF VERO BEACH
HAVE INDICATED GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH.

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