NPWMIA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
431 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

FLZ067-071-073-131421-
PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN DADE-
431 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH...WESTERN BROWARD AND
WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. THIS INCLUDES
PAHOKEE...BELLE GLADE...SOUTH BAY...EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK AND
SURROUNDING AREAS. AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES NORTH OVER THE
SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...WINDS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA WILL
STEADILY INCREASE. BY MID MORNING...WINDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE
EVERGLADES TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL CHARLEY MOVES FARTHER NORTH AND THE WINDS
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST. AFTER SUNSET TODAY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE WHEN WINDS INCREASE. TRUCKERS WHO WOULD NORMALLY USE U.S.
HIGHWAY 27...INTERSTATE 75 OR TAMIAMI TRAIL SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATE
ROUTES FARTHER EAST LIKE INTERSTATE 95 OR THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE TO
AVOID STRONG WINDS.