Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
818 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015

FLZ047-241400-
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
818 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EST.

AT 813 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER PALM BAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG
WINDS INCLUDE MELBOURNE BEACH...GRANT...AND BAREFOOT BAY.

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.

LAT...LON 2785 8046 2787 8048 2783 8050 2783 8078
      2797 8073 2812 8062 2811 8061 2798 8054
      2799 8053 2813 8060 2816 8058 2809 8056
      2786 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 234DEG 35KT 2799 8064

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