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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
437 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
FLZ045-053-144-082130-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
437 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS NORTHWEST
OSCEOLA COUNTY...AND INTO LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...
AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVELAND TO 9 MILES
SOUTH OF POINCIANA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
RADAR ESITIMATES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS FAST MOVING LINE OF STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE CAMPBELL...
CELEBRATION...THE ATTRACTIONS AREA OF SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY...AND
GROVELAND...MASCOTTE AND CLERMONT IN SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.
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