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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FLZ063-066-062345-
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY
AND GLADES COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VENUS TO NEAR
ORTONA TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT LA BELLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
OKECHOBEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF GLADES COUNTY THROUGH
8 PM EDT.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOORE HAVEN, LAKEPORT, PALMDALE, BUCKHEAD RIDGE, BRIGHTON SEMINOLE
RESERVATION, LAKE HICPOCHEE, AND INDIAN PRAIRIE CANAL MOUTH.
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.
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 2715 8087 2707 8096 2707 8093 2704 8093
2704 8096 2706 8097 2697 8109 2693 8108
2693 8112 2684 8109 2681 8099 2666 8105
2662 8137 2682 8129 2703 8145 2703 8127
2712 8127 2712 8117 2721 8117 2721 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 240DEG 11KT 2701 8136 2686 8123 2664 8130
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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