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WWUS82 KMLB 172051
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
451 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
FLZ045-046-172115-
ORANGE FL-SEMINOLE FL-
451 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN SEMINOLE AND
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 451 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
APOPKA, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APOPKA, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, OCOEE, WINTER GARDEN, AND ZELLWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 HARD-TOPPED VEHICLE. REMEMBER, WHEN
THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS!
LAT...LON 2879 8151 2879 8150 2863 8141 2855 8156
2871 8166 2873 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 136DEG 11KT 2867 8153
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
WEITLICH
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