Severe Thunderstorm Warning
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GENEVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
DELTONA...LAKE HELEN...MAYTOWN AND PORT ORANGE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN
HOUR AND OR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IF THE STORM APPROACHES
YOU...SEEK SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. KEEP
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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LAT...LON 2919 8105 2880 8084 2879 8091 2879 8097
2869 8108 2879 8132 2898 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 219DEG 12KT 2879 8109
Hazardous Weather Outlook
1124 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH
TO ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE COAST WITH ANY BOUNDARY COLLISIONS THAT OCCUR ALONG THE EAST
COAST SEA BREEZE. MAIN THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL
HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THESE STORMS MOVE OFFSHORE.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING RANGE
OF A THUNDERSTORM. CEASE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY.
.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35
KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE. MARINERS
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WEST FOR APPROACHING STORMS AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK A SHELTERED LOCATION IN THE ADVANCE OF THEIR
APPROACH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
NUMEROUS AFTERNOON LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON FRIDAY. STORM COVERAGE WILL
DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A DRIER AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE
AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE
IF NEEDED.
Special Weather Statement
445 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH OVER NORTH LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN
ORANGE COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
AND SANFORD...TO PAISLEY AND DELTONA...TO NEAR LAKE WOODRUFF THROUGH
545 PM EDT. MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2926 8133 2919 8131 2918 8129 2882 8107
2862 8107 2863 8164 2924 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 200DEG 14KT 2873 8127
Shortterm Forecast
525 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
.NOW...
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME WIDELY
SCATTERED...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4. SOME WILL OCCASIONALLY
BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH OVER INLAND
VOLUSIA COUNTY AND SEMINOLE COUNTY...AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN
LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS NEAR SANFORD AND DELTONA TO
PAISLEY AND LAKE GEORGE...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. STORMS WILL BE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM NEAR HARMONY AND
HOLOPAW...SOUTHWARD THROUGH OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...TO NEAR
THE TOWN OF OKEECHOBEE. ONE OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR HOBE SOUND AT
THE COAST OF MARTIN COUNTY.
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