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WWUS72 KMLB 241035
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
635 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2005

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/X.NEW.KMLB.TI.A.0001.050824T1035Z-050827T0000Z/
OKEECHOBEE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OKEECHOBEE
635 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCHFOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
FRIDAY EVENING.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 12 IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH AND PASS OVER THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM
70 TO 90 MILES NORTH OF THE STORM. THIS MAY BRING WINDS OF 40 TO
50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT. IF THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK IS CORRECT...THE STRONGEST WINDS
SHOULD OCCUR AROUND THE RIM OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON FRIDAY AS THE
STORM PASSES TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTY. AS WITH ANY TROPICAL
SYSTEM...THERE IS ALWAYS A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE
THE STORM WILL TRACK. RESIDENTS OF IN ALL OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SHOULD
MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73
MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LAND FALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM
IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. PLANS TO PROTECT YOUR HOME AND
PROPERTY SHOULD BE READIED AT THIS TIME.


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