Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
518 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FLZ044-045-053-144-192200-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
518 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH OVER WESTERN LAKE COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER CLERMONT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE FOUR CORNERS...HORIZON WEST...LAKE LOUISA AND OAKLAND.
OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE BUILDING BACK TOWARDS LEESBURG.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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.

LAT...LON 2895 8177 2829 8149 2828 8166 2834 8167
      2834 8179 2836 8180 2836 8185 2834 8186
      2835 8188 2892 8196 2895 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 332DEG 14KT 2852 8172

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