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FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-260400-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1050 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...A SKYWARN SPOTTER AT FORT PIERCE INLET REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 TO 90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 126 MPH. THE 9 1 1
OPERATOR HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT
JENSEN BEACH INCLUDING ROOFS REMOVED WITH AND BUILDING COLLAPSE.

AT 11 PM...MELBOURNE RADAR INDICATED THE INNER EYE WALL OF DAMAGING
HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES.
THE NORTH EYEWALL WILL MOVE ONSHORE SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER
COUNTIES WITH WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 110 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL BE FROM SEBASTIAN TO PORT SAINT LUCIE. AS THE EYE MOVES
ONSHORE COASTAL SECTIONS OF MARTIN AND SOUTHERN SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES
THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER THE WINDS WILL
RAPIDLY INCREASE AS THE EASTERN EYEWALL MOVES BACK ONSHORE.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE WINDS BLOW FROM THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY NORTH OF COCOA BEACH INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY...
OCCASIONAL FAST MOVING SQUALLS WITH STRONG WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED.

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.

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PB