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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
311 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

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COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA
COUNTY-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ST. LUCIE-
311 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE...

AT 310 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED JUST
OFFSHORE THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST. RAIN BANDS AROUND THE CENTER OF
FAY WILL BRING RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER AREAS
FROM EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY TO LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE BEACH
LINE IN BREVARD COUNTY. PERSISTENCE OF THE RAIN BANDS MAY RESULT IN
SOME AREAS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SUNRISE.

ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 TO 70 MPH ALONG THE
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY COAST POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS.