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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
721 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008
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DIXIE-
721 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE COUNTY IN THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELL
TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHIEFLAND...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CROSS CITY AND OLD TOWN THROUGH 800 PM EDT.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE
ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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