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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1113 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

AMZ555-575-FLZ058-059-064-260500-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-
ST. LUCIE-
1113 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING INLAND ACROSS FAR SOUTH FLORIDA...

AT 1110 PM EDT...MIAMI WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION
CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF METRO
MIAMI...MOVING SOUTHWEST. THE SOUTHWEST MOTION OF THE HURRICANE
THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED THE HEAVIEST RAINS AND STRONGEST WINDS TO
REMAIN SOUTH OF OKEECHOBEE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. FOR THIS REASON...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED NORTH OF JUPITER
INLET AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
HAS ALSO BEEN DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING NORTHWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC LATE THIS EVENING...AND WILL
SPREAD ACROSS MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES THROUGH
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE RAINBANDS WILL BRING BRIEF SQUALLS
WITH HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE
COAST AND 25 TO 35 MPH OVER INLAND AREAS. THE THREAT FOR PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY AND A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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