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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FLZ066-069-070-062230-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-HENDRY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLLIER,
SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY, AND SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 529 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HENDRY
CORRECTIONAL TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE
RESERVATION TO NEAR COPELAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 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...
HENDRY CORRECTIONAL, BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION, BIG CYPRESS
NATIONAL PRESERVE, CARNESTOWN, COPELAND, MILES CITY, SUNNILAND,
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN MIAMI. YOU CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR REPORT WITH NWS MIAMI ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
LAT...LON 2623 8138 2644 8122 2643 8088 2617 8088
2581 8115 2593 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 278DEG 5KT 2638 8117 2620 8121 2598 8133
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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