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

...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY MOVING ACROSS THE
INTERIOR...

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH THE NORTH EYEWALL WILL CONTINUE TO
POUND THE COAST FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH WITH GUSTS OF 100 MPH
OR GREATER...

AT 315 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM REPORTED WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 76 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 108
MPH. WINDS NEAR VERO BEACH WERE 66 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 94 MPH. A WIND
GUST TO 80 MPH OCCURRED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.

AT 315 AM...THE 20 MILE WIDE EYE ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE WAS MOVING
INTO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WHILE THE INTENSE NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH
DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
AND ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY. THE EAST SIDE OF THE EYEWALL CONTINUED
TO MOVE ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTY THREATENING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 100 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH. RESIDENTS THAT
ARE IN THE EYE OF JEANNE SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE AND REMAIN IN
THEIR PLACE OF REFUGE.

THROUGH 5 AM...THE STRONGEST WINDS SO FAR WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS
BREVARD COUNTY. THE EYEWALL WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70 TO
80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH AND EVEN STRONGER RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
WINDS OVER THE INTERIOR WILL BE LOWER WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY 60 TO
70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH IN THIS BAND.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH SQUALLS PUSHING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC WILL
MOVE INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY AND INTO SEMINOLE AND METRO ORLANDO.
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE NORTHERN EYEWALL...WITH THE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL
PUSH NORTH INTO THESE AREAS LATER THIS MORNING.

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PB