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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1030 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ON THE NORTH EYEWALL BATTERING THE METRO ORLANDO
AREA...

...HURRICANE JEANNE TURNING NORTHWESTWARD OVER POLK COUNTY...

AT 10 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 69 MPH IN KISSIMMEE. WINDS GUSTED TO 67 MPH
AT SANFORD AIRPORT AT 942 AM...AND 68 MPH AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AT 956 AM. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SIMILAR GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN OKEECHOBEE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES IN RAINBANDS
ROTATING NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE OF JEANNE. DAYTONA BEACH GUSTED
TO 55 MPH AT 1011 AM.

AT 1020 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OF JEANNE HAD SLOWED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST HOUR
AND MOST RECENTLY HAS BEGUN A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. THE INTENSE
NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND SOUTHERN LAKE
COUNTIES.

THROUGH NOON...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...AND WILL ALSO IMPACT INTERIOR LOCATIONS
SUCH AS KISSIMMEE...ORLANDO...SANFORD AND CLERMONT...SPREADING NORTH
INTO LEESBURG...UMATILLA AND THE VILLAGES. THE EYEWALL WILL PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS OF 65 TO 75 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY STRUCTURES THAT WERE ALREADY DAMAGED
BY CHARLEY OR FRANCES.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH...SQUALLS WILL MOVE INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY OFF THE
ATLANTIC...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND
GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST.

RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO VENTURE
OUTSIDE...DUE TO STRONG WINDS...FLOODING AND DANGERS FROM DOWNED
POWER LINES AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADS. REMEMBER...MANY OF THE
FATALITIES WHICH OCCURRED FROM HURRICANES CHARLEY AND FRANCES
OCCURRED AFTER THE HEIGHT OF THE STORMS.

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KELLY/SPRATT