000 WWUS72 KMLB 130846 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 446 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LIKELY OVER LAKE COUNTY BY LATE TODAY... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... INTENSE HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCATED BETWEEN HAVANA CUBA AND KEY WEST EARLY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA TODAY THEN INLAND ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. CHARLEY IS LIKELY TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL...WITH WINDS WELL OVER HURRICANE FORCE NEAR THE CENTER. STRONG WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY WELL INLAND. FLZ044-144-140830- NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLERMONT...LEESBURG ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... THE INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING. AS CHARLEY APPROACHES LANDFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TODAY OR EARLY THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH HURRICANE FORCE...75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE EVENING AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER PASSES JUST WEST OF LAKE COUNTY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 40 MPH TOWARDS DAYBREAK SATURDAY. ANY EASTWARD DEVIATION OF THE FORECAST TRACK OF CHARLEY WOULD BRING CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WINDS INTO LAKE COUNTY...WHILE ANY WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE TRACK WILL LESSEN WIND SPEEDS. OUTER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARLIE WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION EARLY TODAY WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS LIKELY. A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST TODAY. FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS MORNING. DRIVING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS PICK UP AND DEBRIS BEGINS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...OR A HOME THAT AFFORDS LITTLE PROTECTION FROM FLYING GLASS AND DEBRIS...EVACUATION TO AN ALTERNATE SHELTER SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MORNING. MANY MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM 75 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...AND POOL SCREENS WILL OCCUR TO MANY PERMANENT HOMES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP... AND WATER LOGGED TREES WILL BECOME UPROOTED. LOOSE ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...AND WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURIES. POWER LINES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN AND EXTENSIVE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION CONCERNING HURRICANE CHARLEY REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. $$ FLZ041-045-046-053-058-140830- INLAND VOLUSIA-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DELAND...KISSIMMEE...ST. CLOUD...ORLANDO... SANFORD ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING. AS CHARLEY APPROACHES LANDFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE 40 MPH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH AFTER SUNSET AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER PASSES WEST OF THE AREA. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE...75 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WEST OF SANFORD AND ORLANDO. ANY EASTWARD DEVIATION OF THE FORECAST TRACK OF CHARLEY COULD BRING SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MEANWHILE...ANY WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE TRACK WILL LESSEN WIND SPEEDS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY ABATE LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY FALLING BELOW 40 MPH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. OUTER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARLEY WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. A THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST TODAY. FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS MORNING. DRIVING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS PICK UP AND DEBRIS BEGINS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...OR A HOME THAT AFFORDS LITTLE PROTECTION FROM FLYING GLASS AND DEBRIS...STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING TO AN ALTERNATE SHELTER THIS MORNING. MANY MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE DAMAGE FROM WINDS GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...AND POOL SCREENS MAY OCCUR TO SOME PERMANENT HOMES. LARGE TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...AND WATER LOGGED TREES WILL BECOME UPROOTED. LOOSE ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURIES. POWER LINES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION CONCERNING HURRICANE CHARLEY REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. $$ SPRATT