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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
245 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...CHARLEY MOVING AWAY FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
COAST FROM COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH. THIS WARNING
WILL BE DROPPED LATER THIS MORNING AS CHARLEY MOVES FARTHER
AWAY FROM FLORIDA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FROM
JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH HAS BEEN LIFTED.

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

...ALL INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
CANCELED...

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED OUT
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS JUST NORTHEAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE...AND
WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH....AWAY FROM FLORIDA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...LEAVING ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
CLEAR OF HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. HOWEVER...
SOME TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS COULD STILL OCCUR WITH ANY
PASSING SHOWER...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM COCOA
BEACH NORTH.

FOR INLAND COUNTIES...THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WIND
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING SUSTAINED
WINDS HAS DIMINISHED.

CHARLEY HAS LEFT A WAKE OF DAMAGE ALONG ITS CENTER TRACK THAT MAY
NOT BE FULLY ASSESSED UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP. NONETHELESS...
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND WIND DAMAGE
HAVE BEEN NOTED. CURRENTLY...RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
ARE UNDERWAY WITHIN RESPECTIVE COUNTIES. OFFICIALS ARE URGING THAT IF
IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY...PEOPLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS ALLOWING RECOVERY
OPERATIONS TO QUICKLY PROGRESS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
MUCH OF THE ASSOCIATED RAIN WITH CHARLEY HAS NOW MOVED OUT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY CHARLEYS MAIN RAIN SHIELD. THIS HAS
RESULTED IN A CONSIDERABLE LOWERING OF THE FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...A
FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY SATURDAY AS ABUNDANT TROPICAL
MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA.

...STORM SURGE IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR STORM SURGE HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE VOLUSIA COUNTY
COASTLINE AS ALL ASSOCIATED WINDS ARE NOW OFFSHORE.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...A
LOW THREAT WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST ASSOCIATED
WITH ANY TRAILING RAINBANDS OVERNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM
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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