000 
FPUS72 KMLB 162045
NOWMLB

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
345 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-
162245-
COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER-
INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE-
345 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

.NOW...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CENTRAL FLORIDA...

THROUGH 5 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS SEMINOLE AND
SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE LAKE JESSUP...FARMTON AND THE INTERSTATE IN SOUTHERN VOLUSIA
COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST SUBURBS OF ORLANDO TO WINTER
PARK...MAITLAND...WINTER SPRINGS AND SANFORD. EXPECT BRIEF DOWNPOURS
AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.


A LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
NEAR 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO PRIMARILY IN
STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL T V STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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WIMMER