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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1159 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WITH CHARLEY MOVING OFFSHORE 
THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST...

AT 1155 PM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS 5 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH OVER THE ATLANTIC...AND WILL CONTINUE TO 
MOVE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE COAST AT 25 MPH.  

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS 
OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN TRAILING RAINBANDS FROM BREVARD 
COUNTY NORTH THROUGH VOLUSIA COUNTY. THE STRONG WINDS IN THESE 
SQUALLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES... 
TREES...AND POWERLINES. FLYING DEBRIS WILL CREATE AN EXTREME 
HAZARD...REMAIN OFF ROADWAYS.
 
IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW RECOVERY EFFORTS TO BEGIN ACROSS 
SEMINOLE AND ORANGE COUNTIES. A THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS IN 
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 1 AM IN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA 
COUNTIES. 

LAT...LON 2950 8093 2818 8041 2813 8132 2938 8145

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