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

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ON THE NORTH EYEWALL BATTERING THE BREVARD
AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COASTS...

...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...

AT 515 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
REPORTED WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 71 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 95 MPH. A WIND
GUST TO 86 MPH OCCURRED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.

AT 515 AM...THE 25 MILE WIDE EYE ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE WAS MOVING
ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...WHILE THE INTENSE NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH
DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY. THE
EAST SIDE OF THE EYEWALL CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS MARTIN...SAINT
LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...THREATENING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 100 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH. RESIDENTS
ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE EYE OF JEANNE SHOULD NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE REMAINING IN THEIR PLACE OF REFUGE.

THROUGH 630 AM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIFT NORTH
ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY. THE EYEWALL WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70
TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS 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 WITH THIS BAND.

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

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