[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN POINCIANA AND KISSIMMEE...
NOW HEADED FOR ORLANDO SANFORD...DELTONA AND AND DAYTONA BEACH...

...WIND GUST NEAR 105 MPH REPORTED AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED 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...
THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED
OVER KISSIMMEE IN NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23
MPH DIRECTLY TOWARDS EAST ORLANDO...UNION PARK...AND OVIEDO.  WIND
GUST NEAR 105 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. SINCE 730 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE
KISSIMMEE ST. CLOUD AREA OF TREES DOWN...BLOWING DEBRIS.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 100 MPH WILL OCCUR AS THE EYE WALL
OF THE HURRICANE MOVES FROM OSCEOLA INTO CENTRAL ORANGE AND
SEMINOLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 9:30 PM AND 10:00 PM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A
SAFE LOCATION IN THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS
A LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION.

...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.

ELSEWHERE...THERE IS A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH OVER
OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN...ST. LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER AND BREVARD
COUNTIES. THESE RAPID MOVING RAIN BANDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WIND
GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLY SOME FLOODING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM 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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