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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
147 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

FLZ073-074-201815-
INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL
147 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MEDIA HAS ALSO REPORTED A WALL CLOUD
WITH ROTATION TO THE WEST OF DORAL.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  FIU SOUTH CAMPUS...
  TAMIAMI FAIRGROUNDS...
  WESTWOOD LAKES...
  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.

FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2565 8036 2565 8061 2591 8062 2593 8039
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 332DEG 13KT 2579 8043

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