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

FLZ054-058-059-200230-
INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
923 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...SLOW MOVING CIRCULATION CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCATED OVER
NORTHEAST OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...

AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF FORT DRUM IN
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...THE CENTER HAS SLOWED
AND WAS DRIFTING EAST AT AROUND 3 MPH. A SLOW NORTH NORTHEAST MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO RESUME TONIGHT.

RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FAY HAS WEAKENED SOME
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS AROUND THE CENTER WILL GUST TO
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN. THESE
WIND GUSTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SPEEDS OCCURRING IN SQUALLS ELSEWHERE
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...FAR FROM THE STORM CENTER. AS THE CENTER
APPROACHES...WINDS WILL TEMPORARILY BECOME LIGHT AND RAIN WILL END.
THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST OR
NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES BY
MIDNIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY
CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR..WILL ADD TO FLOOD CONCERNS IN AREAS WITH SATURATED
GROUND FROM EARLIER RAINS.