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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
629 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

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COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER-
INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE-
629 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...KATRINA STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE AGAIN...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES TODAY...

AT 620 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA JUST OFF THE COAST OF
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. KATRINA WAS MOVING TO
THE WEST AT 5 MPH. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A LINGERING RAINBAND FROM KATRINA EXTENDS FROM THE GRAND BAHAMA
BANKS...NORTHWEST TO MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES.  IN THE PAST 3
HOURS AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN HOBE SOUND AND
THE WESTERN PART OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. THE POSITION OF THIS RAINBAND
IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH MID MORNING SO AND ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS AS MORE STORMS COME ON
SHORE. SOME FLOODING OF DITCHES...ROADWAYS AND URBAN STREETS IS
LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL OF PONDING AND
STANDING WATER DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
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