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WWUS82 KMLB 291828
SPSMLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2026
FLZ058-259-264-291915-
OKEECHOBEE FL-INLAND ST. LUCIE FL-INLAND MARTIN FL-
228 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE
SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE AND WESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 228 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF J AND S FISH CAMP, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
TREASURE ISLAND, INDIANTOWN, OKEECHOBEE, BASINGER, AND FOUR SEASONS
ESTATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
EXCESSIVE 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 2711 8066 2716 8071 2721 8081 2714 8087
2717 8088 2717 8090 2719 8091 2723 8099
2730 8100 2730 8102 2733 8105 2736 8103
2738 8107 2739 8112 2745 8115 2749 8077
2735 8052 2712 8038 2696 8035 2696 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 143DEG 23KT 2719 8060
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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