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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
544 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FLZ063-066-062245-
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-
544 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY
AND SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 544 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LABELLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
LABELLE, PORT LA BELLE, AND ORTONA.
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 THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
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 2673 8147 2686 8150 2691 8129 2672 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 249DEG 2KT 2680 8142
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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