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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1050 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLZ047-054-058-059-200400-
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
1050 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...SLOW MOVING CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY ENTERING
EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VERO
BEACH. DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...THE CENTER HAS RESUMED A
NORTHEAST MOTION AROUND 7 MPH AND A SLOW NORTH NORTHEAST MOTION IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FAY HAS CONTINUED TO
WEAKEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. RAINBANDS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
THE CENTER HAVE ERODED THIS EVENING...HOWEVER RAINBANDS CONTINUE ON
THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CENTER. WINDS AROUND THE CENTER...ESPECIALLY
WITHIN THE WESTERN RAINBAND WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50
MPH. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SPEEDS OCCURRING IN
SQUALLS ELSEWHERE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...FAR FROM THE STORM
CENTER. THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND APPROACH THE COAST BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND
VERO BEACH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY
CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. ALTHOUGH RAIN WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...RAINFALL RATES OF LESS THAN 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED.