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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
506 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND...

.HURRICANE WILMA...CURRENTLY 210 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST
FLORIDA...IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BY
MONDAY MORNING. WILMA IS A LARGE HURRICANE...WITH TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUT UP TO 230 MILES FROM THE CENTER. IF
WILMA MAKES LANDFALL AS EXPECTED... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 40 MPH COULD AFFECT DIXIE COUNTY TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

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DIXIE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CROSS CITY
506 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY FOR DIXIE COUNTY IN THE SOUTHEAST 
FLORIDA BIG BEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CONTINUED THE
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS LARGE HURRICANE WILMA
APPROACHES THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT...SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS DIXIE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. IF WILMA MOVES A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY
FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY NOT REACH DIXIE
COUNTY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. IN THIS
CASE...THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 45 MPH. WINDS
OF THIS MAGNITUDE TYPICALLY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES... A FEW
FALLEN TREES...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.

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GODSEY