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WWUS82 KMLB 240009
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
809 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FLZ044-144-240045-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-
809 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY THROUGH
845 PM EDT...
AT 809 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FRUITLAND PARK TO NEAR HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS
TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVELAND. 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 2896 8195 2896 8166 2898 8166 2898 8159
2879 8162 2878 8166 2860 8166 2853 8167
2846 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 223DEG 15KT 2888 8188 2873 8183 2845 8190
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
WATSON
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