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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
555 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...INITIAL INTENSE RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE
APPROACHING THE COAST SOUTH OF MELBOURNE WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH...
...SCATTERED QUICK MOVING SHOWERS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MOVING
ONSHORE FARTHER NORTH AND MOVING WELL INLAND..

AT 550 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERO
BEACH. THREE INTENSE OUTER RAINBANDS WERE LOCATED BEYOND THE
DESTRUCTIVE CENTRAL EYEWALL. AS EACH ONE OF THESE OUTER RAINBANDS
SPIRAL ONSHORE...WIND GUSTS AND RAIN INTENSITY WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY
AND SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE OUTERMOST RAINBAND WILL REACH THE COAST FROM VERO BEACH TO
JUPITER INLET BETWEEN 600 AND 800 PM...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE COASTLINE OF
VOLUSIA...BREVARD...AND NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...OCCASIONAL
FAST MOVING SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND
BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN.

ALL RESIDENTS NEAR THE COAST ARE URGED TO PICK A SPOT TO RIDE OUT THE
STORM. AN INTERIOR ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS IN A WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSE
OUTSIDE OF THE EVACUATION ZONE IS BEST. HAVE MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS
NEARBY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WINDOW BREAKAGE AND POSSIBLE
STRUCTURAL FAILURES. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DETERIORATE...
ESPECIALLY AFTER 800 PM.

OVER INLAND AREAS...QUICK PASSING SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF
30 TO 35 MPH. STEADY RAIN AND WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES AFTER 700 PM.

AT 550 PM...OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE COAST INDICATED WIND GUSTS
GENERALLY 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE PASSAGE OF
HEAVY SHOWERS. AT 500 PM...AN OBSERVATION SITE AT THE WESTERN END OF
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...LOCATED IN THE WEAKER WESTERN PORTION OF THE
EYEWALL...REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 82 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 97 MPH.

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