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

...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE NOW COMPLETELY INLAND ACROSS ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTH EYEWALL RELENTLESSLY
POUNDING THE COAST FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH...

AT 215 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM REPORTED WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 83 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 119
MPH. WINDS NEAR VERO BEACH WERE 62 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 92 MPH.

THE EAST SIDE OF THE EYEWALL WAS BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS BACK
ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS BACK EDGE OF THE EYEWALL WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AS IT PUSHES
ONSHORE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE EYE ITSELF WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT WEST ACROSS
WESTERN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY AND INTO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. REMAIN
INDOORS WHILE THE EYE PASSES. WINDS CAN INCREASE RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE
ADVANCE NOTICE.

THROUGH 4 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. INDIVIDUAL CELLS IN
THE EYEWALL SHOWED SIGNS OF ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
DAMAGING TORNADOS...INCREASING THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYEWALL. FURTHER TO THE NORTH THROUGH CAPE
CANAVERAL WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH ALONG THE
BEACH WILL OCCUR. WIND SPEEDS WITH THE EYEWALL ACROSS THE INTERIOR...
INCLUDING OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES WILL HAVE SPEEDS OF 50 TO
70 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH.

SQUALLS WITH AN OUTER BAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE FROM
VOLUSIA COUNTY ACROSS METRO ORLANDO TO NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY. WIND
GUSTS WITH THESE SQUALLS MAY REACH 60 MPH.

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PB