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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
630 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
FLZ069-070-075-020000-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
MAINLAND MONROE FL-
630 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER
AND NORTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EST...
AT 630 PM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COPELAND, OR NEAR EVERGLADES CITY, MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHOKOLOSKEE, EVERGLADES CITY, PLANTATION ISLAND, CARNESTOWN,
COPELAND, BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FAKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE
PRESERVE, JEROME, AND DEEP LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES, AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
EXCESSIVE 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.
LAT...LON 2608 8141 2603 8108 2574 8118 2578 8126
2579 8126 2578 8127 2579 8127 2580 8126
2580 8129 2581 8130 2580 8134 2583 8136
2581 8136 2583 8137 2587 8142 2587 8145
2586 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 282DEG 7KT 2594 8133
LIGHTNING...EXCESSIVE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CWC
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