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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 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 915 AM...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH ON MERRITT ISLAND. OSCEOLA COUNTY
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN KISSIMMEE ALSO REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND
GUST. WINDS AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 70 MPH AT
911 AM...AND 67 MPH AT SANFORD AIRPORT AT 9 AM. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60
MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE. SIMILAR GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OKEECHOBEE AND INDIAN RIVER
COUNTIES IN RAINBANDS ROTATING NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE OF JEANNE.

AT 920 AM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE WAS MOVING
WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...APPROACHING BARTOW. THE INTENSE
NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH DAMAGING WINDS WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND SPREADING THROUGH
INTERIOR SECTIONS...INCLUDING NORTHERN OSCEOLA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE
AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES.

THROUGH 11 AM...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY....AND WILL ALSO IMPACT INTERIOR LOCATIONS
SUCH AS POINCIANA...KISSIMMEE...ORLANDO...SANFORD AND CLERMONT. THE
EYEWALL WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 90
MPH POSSIBLE. 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
UP TO 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST. INLAND ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...
NEAR UMATILLA...EUSTIS AND LEESBURG...WINDS WILL BECOMING
INCREASINGLY GUSTY...REACHING NEAR 65 MPH.

NOW THAT IT IS 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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KELLY/SPRATT