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

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COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-
ST. LUCIE-
352 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...KATRINA RAINBANDS APPROACHING MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 350 PM EDT...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE CENTER OF
KATRINA WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE FORT LAUDERDALE...MOVING SLOWLY
TOWARD THE COAST. WHILE THE STRONGEST RAINBANDS WILL AFFECT PALM
BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AN OUTER
RAINBAND WILL SPIRAL ONSHORE MARTIN COUNTY...RESULTING IN BURSTS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SQUALLS UP TO 50 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE
COAST SOUTH OF STUART. PERIODS OF RAIN AND SQUALLS WILL BECOME MORE
COMMON ACROSS MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES THROUGH
THE EVENING. RECENT OBSERVATIONS FROM JUPITER INLET INDICATE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

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