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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE - FL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 
228 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2005

FLZ047-054-058-059-064-022000-
MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-INDIAN RIVER-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
228 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS BETWEEN MELBOURNE 
SOUTHWARD INTO INDIANTOWN AND INLAND INTO WESTERN OKEECHOBEE UNTIL 
400 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN 
BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...MOST OF SAINT LUCIE...EASTERN OKEECHOBEE 
AND MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH 
DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL 
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PONDING OF WATER ALONG 
ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED. 

FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WHICH CAN 
DEVELOP RAPIDLY INTO TORNADOES. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DRIVING UNDER HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AND INTERSTATE 95. 
SLOW DOWN AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ALONG FLOODED 
ROADS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

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