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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
311 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

FLZ071-072-172-111945-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD
COUNTY FL
311 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLANTATION...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  SUNRISE...
  TAMARAC...
  PLANTATION...
  DOWNTOWN-DAVIE...
  NORTH LAUDERDALE...
  LAUDERHILL...
  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 2625 8015 2602 8015 2602 8038 2621 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 262DEG 9KT 2612 8029

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