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

AMZ555-575-FLZ058-059-064-260230-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-
ST. LUCIE-
834 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING SLOWLY INLAND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
MIAMI SUBURBS...

AT 820 PM EDT...MIAMI WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER
OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF METRO MIAMI...
MOVING SLOWLY INLAND. THE HURRICANE HAS MOVED SOUTHWEST OVER THE PAST
FEW HOURS AND SOME DRIER AIR AT MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
HAS FILTERED SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE HURRICANE...WHICH HAS CAUSED THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RAINBANDS TO WEAKEN AND ALLOWED THE STRONG
WINDS TO REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...A FEW NARROW OUTER RAINBANDS WILL IMPACT MARTIN...SAINT
LUCIE...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE COAST AS SHOWERS SPREAD ONSHORE.

THE THREAT FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LESSENING AS THE
HURRICANE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST SOUTHWEST AND
FARTHER INLAND. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA MAY
BE CANCELED AT 11 PM. WHILE THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING RAINS
APPEARS TO BE DECREASING AS WELL...HEAVY RAINS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT FRIDAY AS THE HURRICANE MOVES SOUTHWEST
OF THE LOCAL AREA AND RAINBANDS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF KATRINA
REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.

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