[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1052 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A NARROW SWATH OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM
NORTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY...ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY...AND INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY...

...ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THE HURRICANE EYEWALL MOVES TOWARD
THE VOLUSIA COAST. CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING ACROSS OSCEOLA AND
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES AND WILL SPREAD NORTH FROM THE ORLANDO AS
THE HURRICANE LIFTS NORTHEAST...

...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG THE TRACK OF
THE HURRICANE CENTER FROM SEMINOLE TO VOLUSIA COUNTY...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST FROM
COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH.


A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
SATURDAY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1045 PM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED
NEAR DELTONA IN VOLUSIA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH DIRECTLY
TOWARDS DAYTONA BEACH.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR AS
THE EYE WALL OF THE HURRICANE MOVES ACROSS SANFORD...OSTEEN...
SCOTTSMOOR... DELTONA...DAYTONA BEACH AND ORMOND BEACH THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. REMAIN IN A SAFE LOCATION IN THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY...AND WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES...TREES...
POWERLINES. FLYING DEBRIS WILL CREATE AN EXTREME HAZARD...REMAIN OFF
ROADWAYS.

AT 1009 PM...THE SANFORD AIRPORT WAS GUSTING TO 92 MPH AND 47 MPH AT
THE DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT. A STORM REPORTER FROM OVIEDO ESTIMATED
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS AT 1004 PM. TREES ARE
REPORTED DOWN IN WINTER PARK AND IN BITHLO TREE AND PORCH DAMAGE.
HANGER DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. REPORTS FROM MIMS TO PORT ST. JOHN ESTIMATED 65 MPH WIND
GUSTS...TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER
MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL SOON SPREAD
NORTH INTO ORANGE COUNTY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE GREATEST RISK TO LIFE IN THESE AREAS WILL BE TO THOSE IN TRAILERS
...RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. ANOTHER SERIOUS
RISK THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM FALLING TREES. A GREAT NUMBER OF TREES
WILL BE BLOWN DOWN IN AND NEAR THE STORM TRACK.  EXPECT SERIOUS WIND
DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES.

IF STRONG WINDS PASS OVER YOUR AREA TAKE THE SAME PRECAUTIONS YOU
WOULD FOR A TORNADO. THAT IS...GO TO A SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET
HALLWAY OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR SEEK SAFETY IN COUNTY
OPERATED SHELTERS. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ORANGE SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THIS AREA SINCE 8 PM BUT NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS
TIME.



...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND MIDNIGHT
OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE THE
MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT:

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB

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