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WWUS82 KMFL 062157
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
557 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FLZ069-070-062300-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
557 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLLIER
COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 556 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROYAL PALM
HAMMOCK TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 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...
MARCO ISLAND, EVERGLADES CITY, CARNESTOWN, MARCO ISLAND AIRPORT,
COPELAND, ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK, PLANTATION ISLAND, BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL
PRESERVE, SOUTH BLOCKS GOLDE, FAKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE PRESERVE,
PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, PORT OF THE ISLAND, JEROME, DEEP LAKE,
AND KEY MARCO.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 2596 8171 2595 8166 2597 8170 2614 8157
2605 8106 2581 8126 2589 8148 2585 8153
2592 8155 2590 8163 2594 8165 2590 8168
2593 8168 2590 8172 2596 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 058DEG 7KT 2602 8157 2602 8119
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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