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WWUS82 KMFL 041949
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
349 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
FLZ063-066-042030-
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-
349 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN HENDRY
AND CENTRAL GLADES COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 349 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORTONA, OR 7 MILES WEST OF
MOORE HAVEN, MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEPORT, PALMDALE, PORT LA BELLE, ORTONA, BRIGHTON SEMINOLE
RESERVATION, AND LAKE HICPOCHEE.
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.
LAT...LON 2710 8092 2701 8103 2700 8106 2697 8109
2696 8108 2695 8110 2693 8110 2693 8112
2691 8110 2689 8112 2688 8111 2669 8112
2655 8124 2663 8144 2703 8130 2703 8127
2712 8127 2712 8117 2721 8117 2721 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 185DEG 14KT 2687 8121
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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