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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FLZ075-062030-
MAINLAND MONROE FL-
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MAINLAND
MONROE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WILDERNESS WATERWAY, OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHOKOLOSKEE, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
WILDERNESS WATERWAY AND EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.
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.
FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES OR
WATERSPOUTS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2552 8121 2558 8114 2553 8108 2553 8105
2557 8106 2557 8110 2560 8113 2561 8111
2562 8112 2557 8116 2556 8123 2565 8126
2572 8123 2569 8120 2569 8118 2574 8121
2572 8101 2548 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 353DEG 7KT 2564 8111
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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