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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1235 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLZ058-191800-
OKEECHOBEE-
1235 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY ALONG THE GLADES-HENDRY COUNTY ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN. AHEAD OF THE CENTER...A BAND OF VERY
INTENSE SQUALLS...ALMOST AN EYEWALL-LIKE FEATURE...WAS CONTAINING A
30 TO 60 MINUTE PERIOD OF SUSTAINED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WITH FREQUENT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...AND BLINDING
WIND-DRIVEN RAIN SQUALLS.

THESE SQUALLS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE AND MOVING OUT ONTO THE LAKE AND TOWARD THE OKEECHOBEE
AREA. THEY WILL REACH THE OKEECHOBEE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 300 PM.

RESIDENTS IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS BAND OF
STRONG WINDS TO MOVE OVER THEIR AREA!! BE PREPARED TO ACT TO PROTECT
YOURSELF!! TREAT THIS FEATURE AS YOU WOULD A TORNADIC STORM!! REMAIN
INDOORS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DON`T FIND YOURSELF OUTSIDE...DRIVING OR OTHERWISE...WHEN THIS
FEATURE MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FEATURE.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING AND A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUE FOR
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY.