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

...BACK EDGE OF EYEWALL MOVING ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE
COUNTIES WITH DAMAGING WINDS RETURNING...

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH THE NORTH EYEWALL WILL CONTINUE TO
PUMMEL THE COAST FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH...

AT 130 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM REPORT WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 110 MPH.
WINDS NEAR VERO BEACH WERE 64 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 104 MPH.

THE BACK EDGE OF THE EYEWALL WAS MOVING ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT
LUCIE COUNTIES WITH A RETURN OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.  WIND SPEEDS IN
THIS EAST EYEWALL WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND INCREASE TO HURRICANE
FORCE WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH BY 230 AM. THE RELATIVE CALM OF THE
EYE ITSELF WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT WEST INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAINT
LUCIE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE EYE YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR PLACE
OF REFUGE AS WINDS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION AS EYE CONTINUES TO SHIFT INLAND.

THROUGH 3 AM...THE DAMAGING WINDS IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EYEWALL
FROM NEAR VERO BEACH TO MELBOURNE BEACH WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 80 TO
90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 115 MPH ALONG THE COAST. FURTHER TO THE NORTH
THROUGH CAPE CANAVERAL WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH
WILL OCCUR. WIND SPEEDS WITH THE EYEWALL OVER THE INTERIOR...
INCLUDING OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES WILL HAVE SPEEDS OF 50 TO
60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE.

SQUALLS WITH AN OUTER RAINBAND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ONSHORE FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY ACROSS METRO ORLANDO TO NORTHWEST
OSCEOLA COUNTY. WIND GUSTS IN THESE SQUALLS MAY EXCEED 50
MPH.

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