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WWUS82 KMFL 181926
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
326 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
FLZ070-073-075-182000-
INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-
326 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
COLLIER, NORTHERN MAINLAND MONROE AND CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LOOP ROAD EE CENTER, OR 23 MILES EAST OF
CHOKOLOSKEE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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...
LOOP ROAD EE CENTER, DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT, FORTYMILE BEND,
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, AND EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.
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 2577 8121 2595 8087 2568 8073 2557 8105
2556 8105 2556 8106 2557 8106 2558 8107
2558 8109 2555 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 241DEG 5KT 2575 8099
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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