SVSMIA
AMZ650-651-FLZ068-072-041600-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1020 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...VERY STRONG SPIRAL BAND WITH HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS
IMPACTING PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES...

STRONG WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE AND TREES DOWN HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES.

A STRONG BAND OF SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 90 MPH MOVING
RAPIDLY SOUTHWEST ACROSS PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. A MEASURED
WIND GUST TO 91 MPH WAS OBSERVED IN JUPITER INLET WHEN THE LEADING
EDGE OF THIS RAINBAND REACHED THE COAST. THIS SQUALL WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE SOUTHWEST AND AFFECT THE ENTIRE COAST, INCLUDING THE
METROPOLITAN AREAS OF PALM BEACH AND NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTIES
THROUGH NOON.

THE BAND WILL PARALLEL THE COAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE
SAME AREAS AND THIS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

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