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WWUS82 KMLB 092134
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
534 PM EDT SAT OCT 9 2021
FLZ058-059-092200-
ST. LUCIE FL-OKEECHOBEE FL-
534 PM EDT SAT OCT 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ST.
LUCIE AND NORTHEAST OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 534 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORT DRUM, MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ST.
LUCIE AND EAST CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2747 8082 2754 8078 2753 8056 2734 8065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 289DEG 13KT 2749 8076
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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