BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
145 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004
...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. HURRICANE JEANNE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE OVERNIGHT...THEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH POLK AND SUMTER COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM LEE COUNTY NORTH TO TAMPA OVERNIGHT...REACHING NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY BY LATE MORNING.
WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY AS THE HURRICANE MAKES ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH.