000 WWUS82 KMLB 042047 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 443 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 FLZ047-042115- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 443 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING MOVING EAST ACROSS COAST FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO MELBOURNE... AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY AND INTO THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS AND MAY PRODUCE A WATERSPOUT AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE. $$ 15