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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
722 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...DANGEROUS INLAND HURRICANE WIND EVENT FOR THE KISSIMMEE ORLANDO
AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...
ORANGE...BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN
AND OKEECHOBEE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST FROM
COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH.

INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNINGS FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
SATURDAY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 720 PM THE DANGEROUS HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AHEAD OF THE EYE OF
HURRICANE CHARLEY WERE MOVING THROUGH POLK COUNTY...AND WILL APPROACH
POINCIANA...KISSIMMEE AND ORLANDO BY 745 PM. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE
FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH...REACHING INTO
SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SECTIONS OF
INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM AND ALSO
SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN BREVARD.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE GREATEST RISK TO LIFE IN THESE AREAS WILL BE TO THOSE IN TRAILERS
...RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. ANOTHER SERIOUS
RISK THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM FALLING TREES. A GREAT NUMBER OF TREES
WILL BE BLOWN DOWN IN AND NEAR THE STORM TRACK.  EXPECT SERIOUS WIND
DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES.

IF STRONG WINDS PASS OVER YOUR AREA TAKE THE SAME PRECAUTIONS YOU
WOULD FOR A TORNADO. THAT IS...GO TO A SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET
HALLWAY OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR SEEK SAFETY IN COUNTY
OPERATED SHELTERS. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING.

THIS HAS BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS NEAR
THE TRACK OF HURRICANE CHARLEY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT:

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB

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DECKER