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

FLZ053-054-058-200030-
INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-
740 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF
OKEECHOBEE...OSCEOLA...AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCATED BETWEEN BASINGER
AND FORT DRUM IN NORTH CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. DURING THE PAST
TWO HOURS THE CIRCULATION CENTER HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND
5 MPH.

WHILE A PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CIRCULATION
CENTER...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE AREA OF STRONGEST WINDS AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHERN AND EASTERN OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY...INTO SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTY AND WESTERN INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
OCCURRING ABOVE THE GROUND...WHICH MAY OCCUR IN GUSTS AT GROUND
LEVEL WITHIN HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS. SINCE THE STRONG WINDS ARE
SPREADING ACROSS A VERY RURAL AREA...NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED RECENTLY...HOWEVER ANYONE IN THE
PATH OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.