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

FLZ053-058-192100-
OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-
340 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...THE EYEWALL FEATURE OF TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...

AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY JUST WEST OF THE KISSIMMEE
RIVER IN SOUTHWEST OKEECHOBEE COUNTY EAST OF BRIGHTON. THE EYEWALL OF
FAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
WINDS WITHIN THE EYEWALL MAY GUST TO HURRICANE FORCE OR NEAR 75
MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH LASTING NEARLY AN HOUR AS
THE EYEWALL FEATURE MOVES NORTH.

RESIDENTS IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY ESPECIALLY BETWEEN OKEECHOBEE
AND BASINGER SHOULD PREPARE FOR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS THROUGH
430 PM. REMAIN INDOORS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE STRONG WINDS WITH THE EYEWALL FEATURE WILL
REACH NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE AND FORT DRUM BY 5 PM.

DO NOT GO OUTSIDE...DRIVING OR OTHERWISE...WHEN THIS
FEATURE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. IF THE WINDS SUBSIDE ABRUPTLY YOU
MAY BE IN THE EYE. RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GO OUTSIDE AS WINDS
WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EYE APPROACHES.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUE FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY.