[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
340 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE NOW MOVING THROUGH INLAND SECTIONS...
...JEANNE STILL POUNDING THE COAST BETWEEN COCOA BEACH AND VERO
BEACH...
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL
INTERIOR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL
COUNTIES FROM MARTIN TO VOLUSIA. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES...INCLUDING LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...
OSCEOLA...AND OKEECHOBEE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 6 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...OKEECHOBEE AND
ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES IN ANTICIPATION OF HEAVY RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 3 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VERO BEACH FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DUE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EVENTUALLY EXPECTED. JEANNE MADE
LANDFALL JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF HUTCHINSON
ISLAND...JUST EAST OF STUART. CURRENTLY...THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AS THE HURRICANE JEANNE EYEWALL AND INNER RAINBANDS MOVE FARTHER
INLAND...RESIDENTS IN THE PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET WITHIN A
WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSE. HAVE MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS FOR COMFORT AND
PROTECTION. YOU MAY LOSE POWER PRIOR TO THE APPROACH OF THE PEAK OF
THE STORM SO HAVE A BATTERY OPERATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR AN AM
AND FM RADIO WITH YOU IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CRITICAL SEVERE WEATHER
UPDATES. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST FROM VERO BEACH TO COCOA BEACH
WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME WIND GUSTS AS ASSOCIATED BANDS
MOVE ONSHORE. WINDS WERE GUSTING TO OVER 100 MPH FROM VERO BEACH TO
SEBASTIAN.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE CENTER OF JEANNE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND
THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BRINGING STRONG HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS TO OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. SINCE JEANNE IS STILL
A MAJOR HURRICANE...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR APPRECIABLE WEAKENING
TO OCCUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT DROP THEIR GUARD SIMPLY BECAUSE JEANNE
IS NOW INLAND. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN
VICINITY OF THE EYEWALL AND ALONG COAST IN BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER
COUNTIES. THIS MAY PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FARTHER NORTH AND WEST ACROSS REMAINING
SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SQUALLS WITH AN OUTER BAND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY ACROSS METRO ORLANDO...
TO KISSIMMEE.

IF THE EYE PASSES OVER YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR
SECURE SHELTER AS WINDS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION AS THE EAST EYEWALL REACHES YOUR LOCATION.

HERE AT THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...THE PEAK WIND
SO FAR TONIGHT HAS BEEN A GUST TO 81 MPH. JUST TO OUR SOUTH...
SEBASTIAN INLET REPORTED WINDS OF 75 MPH BUT WITH GUSTS TO 110 MPH.
VERO BEACH REPORTED 64 MPH GUSTING TO 104 MPH.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...WILL
CONTINUE NORTH OF STUART AS STRONG ONSHORE WINDS KEEP SURGE
WATERS ON THE BEACH. ALSO...HIGH TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL AND
OCCUR AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 7 FEET ABOVE
THE PRESENT WATER LEVEL IS LIKELY...MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE FLOOD THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE IS EXTREME. AS A RESULT...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES. A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...
OSCEOLA...BREVARD...OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM.

BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST ALONG AND NEAR THE TRACK
OF THE CENTER OF JEANNE. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE PRE-EXISTING FLOODING
CONDITIONS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS HIGHLY LIKELY IN MANY AREAS.

THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WHICH IS ALREADY IN FLOOD CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL
RISES...WITH MAJOR FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED OVER THE SAINT JOHNS BASIN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
AN INITIAL RISE IN THE WATER LEVEL NEAR DELAND...ABOVE LAKE HARNEY...
AND NEAR SANFORD...WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THEN OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...RIVER LEVELS WILL RESPOND TO THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM
...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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