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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1245 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE FROM ORLANDO METRO AREA NORTH AND
WEST...INCLUDING LAKE COUNTY...

...HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD DADE CITY AND
BROOKSVILLE...

AT 1215 PM...WINDS GUSTED TO 69 MPH AT SANFORD AIRPORT...AND 70 MPH
AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DAYTONA BEACH GUSTED TO 53 MPH...
AND THE VILLAGES GUSTED TO 54 MPH.

AT 1230 PM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF JEANNE WAS LOCATED OVER
EXTREME MORTHWEST POLK COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST. THE NORTHERN
EYEWALL WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH AND WEST
ACROSS NORTHERN OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...LAKE AND INTERIOR
VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

THROUGH 2 PM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 65 TO 75 MPH...
WIHT ISOLATED GUSTS REACHING 80 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH
ACROSS ORLANDO...SANFORD...DELAND...UMATILLA...LEESBURG AND CLERMONT.
THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...
ESPECIALLY STRUCTURES THAT WERE ALREADY DAMAGED BY CHARLEY OR
FRANCES.

FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...SQUALLS ROTATING NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE
OF JEANNE WILL AFFECT OKEECHOBEE...EASTERN OSCEOLA AND BREVARD
COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
SQUALLS.

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