Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Miami, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
756 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FLZ069-070-200045-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
756 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
COLLIER COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS
FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  COPELAND...
  PORT OF THE ISLANDS...
  MARCO ISLAND...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...UP
TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF
THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. THESE
WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 2604 8171 2607 8125 2580 8130 2580 8136
      2582 8137 2586 8142 2586 8148 2588 8148
      2583 8153 2589 8155 2589 8159 2590 8165
      2589 8169 2587 8166 2584 8168 2595 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 001DEG 4KT 2598 8148

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