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WWUS52 KMLB 061852
SVSMLB
FLC009-061915-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
252 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BREVARD COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 249 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR
OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM 
AS RADAR INDICATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS NEAR THE 
COAST ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES 
ARE ALSO OCCURRING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG 
WITH MINOR DAMAGE AS A WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE FROM THE INDIAN 
RIVER IN THE ROCKLEDGE AND MERRITT ISLAND AREA.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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