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

...LINE OF SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH LIFTING NORTH 
AHEAD OF HURRICANE CHARLIE EYE...

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

AT 715 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINBANDS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS 
WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WERE LIFTING NORTH FROM OKEECHOBEE... 
MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES TO OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER AND 
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES. 

WINDS AND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER RIGHT ALONG THE COAST FROM JUPITER 
INLET TO COCOA BEACH.

AS THIS RAINBAND LIFTS RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE... 
OKEECHOBEE...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES IT 
WILL DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREES...SIGNS AND PICK UP LOOSE ITEMS 
THAT WERE LYING AROUND. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
FLYING DEBRIS.

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

STRONGER WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH WILL APPROACH OKEECHOBEE 
AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 800 AND 900 PM. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN 
DE SOTO AND HARDEE COUNTIES AS THE CENTER PASSED THROUGH THIS REGION.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 2699 8079 2698 8011 2834 8059 2831 8157

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