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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
 
FLZ054-058-059-171945-
OKEECHOBEE FL-ST. LUCIE FL-INDIAN RIVER FL-
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE...NORTHERN
OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
KISSIMMEE PRARIE PRESERVE...TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BASINGER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT PIERCE...VERO BEACH...VERO BEACH SOUTH...FORT DRUM AND GIFFORD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKES FROM THE OKEECHOBEE OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE SOUTH
GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON
THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

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LAT...LON 2741 8032 2743 8114 2751 8118 2756 8118
      2758 8116 2758 8115 2760 8114 2765 8114
      2764 8087 2767 8087 2770 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 272DEG 25KT 2758 8113 

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