000 WWUS72 KMLB 302308 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 708 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 FLZ041-047-141-147-310800- /O.CON.KMLB.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060831T0800Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY... DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE 708 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND IS NOW APPROACHING BREVARD COUNTY. THE CENTER WILL EMERGE OFFSHORE LATER THIS EVENING...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN SQUALLS...MAINLY OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS AS IT MOVES OUT OVER THE WARM GULF STREAM WATERS. THE WIND THREAT WILL DIMINISH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF ERNESTO MOVES AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. $$