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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
504 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

FLZ054-058-059-052330-
INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
504 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WILL AFFECT SAINT LUCIE
AND SOUTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 501 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE PRESERVE TO 8 MILES WEST
OF BASINGER...TO NEAR ARCHBOLD...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE FORT DRUM...
OKEECHOBEE...WINTER BEACH...FORT PIERCE AND PORT SAINT LUCIE.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

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