Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Miami, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
819 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

FLZ173-230045-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL
819 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OCEAN REEF...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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 2535 8024 2533 8024 2533 8027 2534 8028
      2535 8028 2536 8026 2537 8026 2537 8024
      2536 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 263DEG 5KT 2534 8025

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