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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
801 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

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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-
801 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ONSHORE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...

AT 8 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA
PENINSULA WITH THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

AS ERNESTO MOVES NORTH AT 8 MPH...RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG
RAIN SQUALLS WILL COME ASHORE THE COAST FROM FLAGLER AND ORMOND
BEACHES SOUTH AND MOVE QUICKLY INLAND TO THE INTERIOR COUNTIES FROM
WESTERN VOLUSIA TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.

THROUGH 10 AM...BRIEF BUT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RACE ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLAND COMMUNITIES FROM INDIAN HARBOR
BEACH NORTH AND MAINLAND LOCATIONS FROM MELBOURNE...VIERA NORTH
AND WEST INTO EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A QUICK ONE INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH.

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE INTERIOR FROM
NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY TO LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND WESTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTIES. A QUICK ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
KISSIMMEE AND SAINT CLOUD TO METRO ORLANDO AND NORTH TO SANFORD.
BRIEF PONDING OF RAIN WATER WILL OCCUR ON THE ROADS MAKING
HYDRO PLANING A CONCERN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTES.

MORE RAIN BANDS WILL WORK THEIR WAY ASHORE THE SOUTHERN BREVARD
AND TREASURE COAST FROM MELBOURNE BEACH TO STUART AND FROM PALM
BEACH COUNTY INTO MARTIN COUNTY.

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WIMMER