Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Miami, FL
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
237 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013
FLZ069-070-201900-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
237 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COLLIER
COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO
55 MPH...UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCHOPEE...AND MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
RURAL SOUTHERN COLLIER COUNTY
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 2609 8128 2586 8107 2580 8115 2581 8126
2579 8128 2580 8134 2580 8136 2582 8137
2586 8142 2585 8147 2586 8148 2588 8148
2588 8150 2586 8150 2588 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 130DEG 4KT 2584 8123
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