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WWUS82 KMLB 161943
SPSMLB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
340 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

FLZ053-162030-
OSCEOLA-
340 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA 
COUNTY...

AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION 
EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM DEVELOPING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING 6 MILES 
EAST OF POINCIANA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY 
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE CAMPBELL AND 
POINCIANA.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED
AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A BEACH OR GOLF COURSE
OFFER NO PROTECTION.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF
LIGHTNING. GET TO SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A LIGHTNING STORM
THEN SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES. DO NOT
PUSH YOUR LUCK BY TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB WHILE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

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KELLY