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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
642 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...LINE OF SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH LIFTING NORTH AHEAD OF 
HURRICANE CHARLIE EYE...

...BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS...

AT 640 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE RAIN WITH WIND 
GUSTS TO 50 MPH FROM NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY TO SEMINOLE TO THE 
NORTHERN HALF OF BREVARD COUNTY. THIS RAINBAND WILL RAPIDLY LIFT 
NORTH ACROSS LAKE...SEMINOLE...NORTHERN BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA 
COUNTIES AND WILL DOWN SOME TREES AND SIGNS. DRIVING WILL BECOME 
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO FLYING DEBRIS.

STRONGER WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH WILL APPROACH ORLANDO AND 
KISSIMMEE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM. EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN DE SOTO AND 
HARDEE COUNTIES AS THE CENTER PASSED THROUGH THIS REGION.

ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD COMPLETE ANY LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS NOW AND 
REMAIN INDOORS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE 
CHANCES.


LAT...LON 2938 8098 2832 8051 2837 8201 2906 8195

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