735  
WWUS82 KMFL 161956  
SPSMFL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
356 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
FLZ069-070-162045-  
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-  
356 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN COLLIER  
COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT...  
 
AT 356 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING  
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VINEYARDS, OR NEAR GOLDEN GATE ESTATES,  
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...  
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, ORANGETREE, WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY,  
VINEYARDS, GOLDEN GATE, NORTH NAPLES, LELY RESORT, CORKSCREW SWAMP  
SANCTUARY, AND QUAIL CREEK ESTATE.  
 
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 2632 8174 2632 8166 2639 8166 2642 8162  
2642 8157 2619 8155 2608 8168 2626 8180  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 162DEG 11KT 2625 8167  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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