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WWUS82 KMLB 302229
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
630 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-
310145-
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-
630 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL INCREASING AS TORNADIC THREAT WANES...

AT 630 PM...MELBOURNE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE BROAD CENTER OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. WIDESPREAD TROPICAL RAINFALL WHICH HAD BEEN
COVERING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MOST OF THE DAY HAD SPREAD EAST ACROSS
THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED SQUALLS
WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SPACE
AND TREASURE COAST COUNTIES. MANY AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
WILL PICK UP BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
THROUGH 10 PM. A FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL CONTINUE...WHILE MINOR INUNDATION
OF SOME ROADS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO
OCCUR.

A FEW OF THE SQUALLS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE THREAT
FOR BRIEF TORNADOES IS SHIFTING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

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