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

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ON THE NORTH EYEWALL BATTERING THE METRO ORLANDO
AREA...

...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING WEST OF THE KISSIMMEE RIVER...

AT 620 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM REPORTED WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 58 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 83 MPH.
WINDS AT THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WERE GUSTING
TO 69 MPH...AND WINDS AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO
74 MPH AROUND 6 AM.

AT 620 AM...THE 25 MILE WIDE EYE ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE WAS MOVING
WEST OF THE KISSIMMEE RIVER...WHILE THE INTENSE NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH
DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH BREVARD COUNTY
AND SPREADING THROUGH INTERIOR SECTIONS...INCLUDING NORTHERN OSCEOLA
AND ORANGE COUNTIES.

THROUGH 730 AM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIFT NORTH
ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY....ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. THE EYEWALL
WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY STRUCTURES THAT
WERE ALREADY DAMAGED BY CHARLEY OR FRANCES.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH...SQUALLS PUSHING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC WILL MOVE
INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY AND SPREAD OVER SEMINOLE AND LAKE COUNTIES. WINDS
OF 35 TO 45 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.

WITH THE ONSET OF MORNING DAYLIGHT...RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IT
WILL BE DANGEROUS TO VENTURE OUTSIDE...DUE TO STRONG WINDS...FLOODING
AND DANGERS FROM DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADS.

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