Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Miami, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

FLZ168-171600-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
1130 AM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY...FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1128 AM EDT...A SHOWER PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED JUST
  OFFSHORE THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

  WATERSPOUTS WERE OBSERVED WITH THIS SHOWER IN THE PAST 30 TO 45
  MINUTES.

* THE SHOWER WILL AFFECT...
  PALM BEACH...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

A WATERSPOUT MAY MOVE ONSHORE. ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY WEAK AND SHORT
LIVED...A LANDFALLING WATERSPOUT CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE, SERIOUS
INJURY, OR EVEN DEATH. NEARBY PIERS...MARINAS...DOCKS...AND BEACH
FACILITIES ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE
PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
ROOFS...PORCHES...AWNINGS...AND POOL ENCLOSURES.

LAT...LON 2669 8004 2681 8004 2682 8003 2681 8003
      2681 8004 2680 8003 2669 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 156DEG 5KT 2672 8002

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