404  
WWUS82 KMLB 232342  
SPSMLB  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
742 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
FLZ044-144-240015-  
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-  
742 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LAKE COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT
 
 
AT 741 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LADY LAKE TO NEAR MASCOTTE TO 11 MILES  
EAST OF DADE CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 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...  
LEESBURG, EUSTIS, TAVARES, LADY LAKE, AND MOUNT DORA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
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 2895 8195 2897 8163 2879 8164 2878 8166  
2843 8166 2834 8191 2835 8196  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 229DEG 12KT 2889 8196 2866 8190 2837 8200  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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