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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
238 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

FLZ054-058-059-064-062030-
INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
238 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
UP TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY...OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST.

AT 230 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER LAKE
OKEECHOBEE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF J AND S FISH CAMP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE OKEECHOBEE CITY..INDIANTOWN...PORT SAINT
LUCIE RIVER PARK AND SAINT LUCIE WEST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

LAT...LON 2714 8070 2720 8080 2715 8086 2716 8090
      2723 8099 2729 8100 2733 8105 2736 8104
      2739 8112 2746 8117 2760 8032 2745 8028
      2721 8015 2716 8015 2703 8009 2703 8008
      2697 8007 2695 8017 2695 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 234DEG 35KT 2698 8081

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