791 FPUS72 KMFL 171218 NOWMIA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 818 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000 AMZ630-650-651-670-671-FLZ067-068-071>074-171400- BISCAYNE BAY-BROWARD METROPOLITAN-BROWARD WESTERN- DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF 20 TO 60 NM OUT- DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT 20 NM- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OUT- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH OUT 20 NM-MIAMI DADE METROPOLITAN- PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN MIAMI DADE- 818 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000 .NOW... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 930 AM... THROUGH 930 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AND PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. $$ FLZ063-066-069-070-075-GMZ656-657-676-171400- CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH OUT 20 NM- EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE OUT 20 NM-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES- HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-WESTERN COLLIER- 818 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000 .NOW... THROUGH 10 AM...HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA AND PONDING OF WATER ON POORLY DRAINED ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. WINDS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS MAY BRIEFLY GUST TO 40 MPH AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD QUICKLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. $$