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FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-260500-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1128 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE POUNDING THE COAST FROM SOUTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY TO FORT PIERCE...

...THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING ONSHORE THE TREASURE COAST...

AT 1130 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 73 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 104 MPH
WERE REPORTED ON THE MAINLAND NEAR VERO BEACH WHILE WIND GUSTS OF UP
TO 97 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR SEBASTIAN. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR SEVERAL
REPORTS OF SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
COLLAPSED BUILDINGS HAD COME IN AT THE 9 1 1 CALL CENTER AT JENSEN
BEACH.

MELBOURNE RADAR SHOWED THE EYE WAS MOVING ONSHORE MARTIN AND SAINT
LUCIE COUNTIES. THE EYE WILL PROVIDE A BREAK FROM THE WINDS AND
RAIN OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS UNTIL 1 AM. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS
WILL RETURN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EYEWALL. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH
AS STRONG AS THEY EXPERIENCED EARLIER.

THROUGH 1 AM...NORTH OF THE EYE STRONG WINDS OF 80 TO 90 MPH
SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OVER 110 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM JUST NORTH OF
FORT PIERCE TO MELBOURNE BEACH. FROM COCOA BEACH TO TITUSVILLE
RAINBANDS WILL BRING WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. OVER
THE INTERIOR...OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WILL HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 90
MPH IN A PRIMARY RAIN BAND.  WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY
AS A RAINBAND LIFTS NORTH. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED SPREADING NORTH THROUGH OSCEOLA COUNTY.

FURTHER NORTH SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY
AND SPREAD INTO THE INTERIOR. WIND GUSTS WITH SOME OF THESE SQUALLS
WILL EXCEED 50 MPH.

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PB