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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WINDS UP TO 120 MPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
908 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...BAND OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES APPROACHING THE COAST SOUTH OF VERO BEACH...
...SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLS WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH MOVING ONSHORE
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 905 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERO
BEACH. THE CIRCULATION CENTER CONTINUES TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE
INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND MARTIN COUNTY COASTLINE. THE MOST
INTENSE RAINBAND OF THE DANGEROUS HURRICANE...CONTAINING WIND GUSTS
OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL SPIRAL ONSHORE AND POUND THE COASTLINE SOUTH
OF VERO BEACH FROM 9 TO 11 PM. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE
CONTAINED WITHIN THIS WIND BAND...LOCALLY ENHANCING DAMAGE
POTENTIAL. THIS BAND WILL AFFECT INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT.

***EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...CAPABLE TO DESTROYING WEAK
STRUCTURES AND MOBILE HOMES...AND DAMAGING EVEN WELL BUILT STRUCTURES
WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF VERO BEACH OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. TREES WILL BE UPROOTED AND LARGE DEBRIS WILL BECOME
AIRBORNE. IT IS TIME TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE SAFEST INTERIOR LOCATION
WITHIN YOUR SHELTER AND PLAN TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM BREAKING GLASS AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
COLLAPSES WITH MATTRESSES.***

FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE COASTLINE OF BREVARD COUNTY...OCCASIONAL FAST
MOVING SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN.

OVER INLAND AREAS AND VOLUSIA COUNTY...QUICK PASSING SHOWERS AND
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH. STEADY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH WILL IMPACT
OKEECHOBEE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM...WITH DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS LIKELY AFTER 1000 PM.

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