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

FLZ058-191945-
OKEECHOBEE-
236 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...

AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
OR WEST OF BUCKHEAD RIDGE. THE EYEWALL OF FAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH
VERY HEAVY SQUALLS AS IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. A BAND OF
HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE THROUGH 4 PM.

RESIDENTS IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS. IN ADDITION A BRIEF TORNADO COULD FORM IN THIS EYEWALL.
THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO
IN LAKEPORT IN EASTERN GLADES COUNTY. REMAIN INDOORS ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DO NOT FIND YOURSELF OUTSIDE...DRIVING OR OTHERWISE...WHEN THIS
FEATURE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

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