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FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-260030-

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

...INTENSE RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST FROM VERO BEACH
SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH...
...SCATTERED QUICK MOVING SHOWERS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOVING
ONSHORE FARTHER NORTH AND MOVING WELL INLAND..

AT 700 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED 86 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERO
BEACH. NUMEROUS 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.

STRONG OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST SOUTH OF
VERO BEACH TO JUPITER INLET THIS EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER...WITH GUSTS TO
90 MPH AFTER 900 PM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AS THE EYEWALL
MOVES ONSHORE LATE THIS EVENING.

FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE COASTLINE OF VOLUSIA...BREVARD...AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTIES...OCCASIONAL FAST MOVING SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS
MAY ALSO MOVE ONSHORE IN THIS AREA AND BECOME RAPIDLY MOVING
TORNADOES.

OVER INLAND AREAS...QUICK PASSING SHOWERS AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. STEADY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL IMPACT OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA
COUNTIES THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS LIKELY
AFTER 900 PM.

AT 650 PM...OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE COAST INDICATED WIND GUSTS
GENERALLY 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE PASSAGE OF
HEAVY SHOWERS. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...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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SPRATT