363  
WWUS82 KMLB 232308  
SPSMLB  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
708 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
FLZ041-044-232345-  
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-INLAND VOLUSIA FL-  
708 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL LAKE AND  
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...  
 
AT 708 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES EAST OF JUNIPER SPRINGS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PIERSON, BARBERVILLE, LAKE GEORGE, ELDRIDGE, AND SELLERS LAKE.  
 
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. SEEK  
SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR HARD-TOPPED VEHICLE.  
REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE BEYOND 10 MILES AWAY FROM A  
THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS!  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2914 8140 2900 8164 2905 8165 2906 8164  
2928 8164 2930 8165 2931 8167 2932 8168  
2938 8145 2940 8143  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 242DEG 8KT 2915 8160  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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