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

...EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OVER KISSIMMEE...ST. CLOUD...AND 
ORLANDO SPREADING INTO SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTY...

...WINDS NOW GUSTING TO 105 MPH AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL!!!...

...DAMAGING WINDS AFFECTING BREVARD AND LAKE COUNTIES...

AT 855 PM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED 
OVER KISSIMMEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH DIRECTLY TOWARDS 
ORLANDO...UNION PARK...AND OVIEDO. 

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS TO 100 MPH WILL OCCUR AS THE EYE WALL OF THE 
HURRICANE CONTINUES TO AFFECT OSCEOLA...ORLANDO AND SEMINOLE 
COUNTIES BETWEEN 9:00 AND 10:30 PM. REMAIN IN SAFE LOCATION IN THE 
CENTER OF YOUR HOME AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

WINDS AND RAINFALL WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY...WITH 
GUSTS OF 75 MPH LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
COUNTY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SOME 
STRUCTURES...TREES...POWERLINES. FLYING DEBRIS WILL CREATE AN 
EXTREME HAZARD...REMAIN OFF ROADWAYS.

THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY 
AROUND 930 PM.

NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS ARE BEING RECEIVED FROM OSCEOLA COUNTY. 

 AT 850 PM...THE KISSIMMEE WIND SENSOR WAS DISABLED AFTER A GUST TO 
75 MPH. AT 905 PM...ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 105 MPH.

RECENT REPORTS FROM HARDEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN INTERIOR 
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INDICATE CATASTROPHIC WIND DAMAGE AS THE EYE WALL 
PASSED EARLY THIS EVENING.  


LAT...LON 2948 8099 2783 8009 2789 8203 2919 8217

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SPRATT