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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1145 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE FROM ORLANDO METRO AREA
NORTHWARD...

...HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER POLK COUNTY...

AT 1115 AM...WINDS GUSTED TO 62 MPH AT SANFORD AIRPORT...AND 70 MPH
AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DAYTONA BEACH GUSTED TO 63 MPH AND
THE VILLAGES GUSTED TO 56 MPH AT 1030 AM. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 MPH
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
SIMILAR GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING IN OKEECHOBEE AND INDIAN RIVER
COUNTIES IN RAINBANDS ROTATING NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE OF JEANNE.

AT 1120 AM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAKELAND...MOVING NORTHWEST. THE NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OSCEOLA...
ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE
ALSO OCCURRING OVER VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH
A PRIMARY RAINBAND.

THROUGH 1 PM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 65 TO 75 MPH
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS ORLANDO...SANFORD AND CLERMONT...
LEESBURG...UMATILLA AND THE VILLAGES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY. THESE WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY STRUCTURES
THAT WERE ALREADY DAMAGED BY CHARLEY OR FRANCES.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH...SQUALLS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO INTERIOR VOLUSIA
COUNTY...OVER DELTONA AND DELAND...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH. A PRIMARY RAINBAND WILL ROTATE IN FROM THE
ATLANTIC INTO ORMOND BEACH AND PUSH NORTH INTO FLAGLER COUNTY...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO
75 MPH ALONG THE COAST.

RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO VENTURE
OUTSIDE...DUE TO STRONG WINDS...FLOODING AND DANGERS FROM DOWNED
POWER LINES AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADS. REMEMBER...MANY OF THE
FATALITIES WHICH OCCURRED FROM HURRICANES CHARLEY AND FRANCES
OCCURRED AFTER THE HEIGHT OF THE STORMS.

KELLY

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