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WWUS82 KMLB 240035
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
835 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FLZ044-045-144-240115-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-ORANGE FL-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-
835 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LAKE AND
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
AT 834 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TAVARES, MOVING 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, MOUNT DORA, AND HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS.
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 2896 8166 2898 8166 2898 8153 2860 8166
2860 8190 2896 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 223DEG 15KT 2880 8176
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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