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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
241 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

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SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
241 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 236 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF ROCKLEDGE TO 33 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PALM BAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE INDIAN HARBOUR
BEACH...MELBOURNE BEACH...WEST MELBOURNE AND MICCO.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55
MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE
LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. STATE LAW REQUIRES
HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
500 PM THIS EVENING.

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