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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1144 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-191715-
INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ST.
LUCIE-
1144 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...STRONG SQUALLS AFFECTING SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY...OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...OSCEOLA COUNTY...ST.
LUCIE COUNTY...

AT 1144 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NUMEROUS RAIN SQUALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY
CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH
HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS WHEN SQUALLS
MOVE THROUGH. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING STANDING WATER ON
ROADS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW
DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE
SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.