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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 110 MPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1036 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...BAND OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES AFFECTING THE COAST FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
SOUTH...
...HEAVY SQUALLS WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AFFECTING SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY...
...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING ONSHORE...

AT 1030 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF
STRONG HURRICANE JEANNE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER ST. LUCIE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE RAINBAND OF THE HURRICANE...
CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 110 MPH WILL SPIRAL ONSHORE AND POUND
THE COASTLINE FROM SEBASTIAN TO STUART THROUGH ABOUT 11 PM. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT FROM ABOUT 11 PM TO MIDNIGHT AS THE EYE OF JEANNE
MOVES INLAND...BEFORE RAPIDLY RESUMING AGAIN AT DAMAGING STRENGTH
FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE CONTAINED
WITHIN THIS WIND BAND...ACTING TO ENHANCING DAMAGE POTENTIAL. A
PORTION OF THIS BAND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...MAINLY
FROM SATELLITE BEACH SOUTH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.

***DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...CAPABLE OF DESTROYING WEAK STRUCTURES AND
DAMAGING EVEN WELL BUILT STRUCTURES WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS
SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. TREES WILL BE UPROOTED
AND LARGE DEBRIS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE. REMAIN IN THE SAFEST INTERIOR
LOCATION WITHIN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL THE EYEWALL PASSES. PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM BREAKING GLASS AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES WITH
MATTRESSES.***

ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY NORTH OF SATELLITE BEACH AND VOLUSIA
COUNTY...OCCASIONAL FAST MOVING SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF
55 TO 65 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

OVER INLAND AREAS...QUICK PASSING SHOWERS AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. STEADY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL IMPACT OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH STRONGER WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FT. PIERCE AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED GUSTS TO 87 MPH AND AN
UNOFFICAL AMATEUR RADIO SITE REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 73 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 112 MPH AT PORT ST. LUCIE. BOTH OF THESE SITES ARE ON
THE MAINLAND...NOT THE BARRIER ISLAND.

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