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

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

...EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...

AT 705 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM REPORTED WINDS NEAR SEBASTIAN OF 52 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 79 MPH.
WINDS AT THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WERE GUSTING
TO 67 MPH...AND WINDS AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO
72 MPH AROUND 7 AM.

AT 720 AM...THE 25 MILE WIDE EYE ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE WAS MOVING
WEST OF THE KISSIMMEE RIVER...WHILE THE INTENSE NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH
DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL
AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTY AND SPREADING THROUGH INTERIOR SECTIONS...
INCLUDING NORTHERN OSCEOLA...ORANGE...AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.

THROUGH 900 AM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIFT NORTH
ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY....AND WILL ALSO IMPACT INTERIOR
LOCATIONS SUCH AS KISSIMMEE...ORLANDO...AND SANFORD. THE EYEWALL
WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 65 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH
ALONG THE COAST. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY STRUCTURES THAT WERE ALREADY DAMAGED BY CHARLEY
OR FRANCES.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH...SQUALLS PUSHING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC WILL MOVE
INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND GUSTS
TO 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST. INLAND ACROSS LAKE COUNTY...WINDS WILL
BECOMING INCREASINGLY GUSTY...REACHING UP TO 50 MPH.

WITH THE ONSET OF MORNING DAYLIGHT...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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SPRATT