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FLZ041-044>046-053-141-144-147-140045-

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

...DAMAGING WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... 
AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM...REACHING 
VOLUSIA COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM...

THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS BETWEEN WINTER HAVEN 
AND LAKE WALES IN POLK COUNTY AT 745 PM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH 
DIRECTLY TOWARDS METRO ORLANDO AND SANFORD. 

WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WIND GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND 
DAMAGE HAVE RECENLTY BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL POLK 
COUNTY IN THE WAKE OF THE EYE PASSAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF 
WINDS SUSTAINED ESTIMATED NEAR 80 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD 
ACROSS NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY BY 800 PM...THEN ACROSS WESTERN AND 
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY...AND INTO SEMINOLE COUNTY. 

RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS SHOULD MOVE 
IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFE LOCATION AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND BE PREPARED FOR 
LIFE THREATENING WIND GUSTS.


LAT...LON 2950 8115 2871 8064 2842 8077 2766 8107
      2776 8204 2941 8219

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