[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1122 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL AFFECT EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY AND NORTHERN
BREVARD THROUGH 1130 PM...

...ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THE HURRICANE EYEWALL MOVES TOWARD
THE VOLUSIA COAST AND WITH TRAILING RAINBANDS OVER BREVARD 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 1130 PM...THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS OVER
THE COAST NEAR DAYTONA BEACH...AND CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH WILL OCCUR AS THE EYE
WALL OF THE HURRICANE MOVES ACROSS EASTERN VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY THROUGH 12:30 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL OCCUR IN
TRAILING RAINBANDS 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 1100 PM...THE DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVED ESTIMATED
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. AT 1054 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER IN DAYTONA
BEACH NEAR U.S. 1 ESTIMATED 80 TO 90 MPH WIND GUSTS.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW RECOVERY EFFORTS TO BEGIN ACROSS
SEMINOLE AND ORANGE COUNTIES. A THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS IN
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY.
ONCE ALL THE WINDS SUBSIDE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...TRAVEL WILL
REMAIN DANGEROUS IN MAY AREAS DUE TO DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE GREATEST 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 HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN AND
NEAR THE STORM TRACK. 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...
THE FLOOD WARNING FOR ORANGE SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED. BUT A SLIGHT THREAT OF FLOODING WILL REMAIN TONIGHT AS A
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN REMAINS OVER THE AREA AS THE REMAINS OF
HURRICANE CHARLEY RETREATS INTO THE ATLANTIC.



...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 AM
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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