Severe Thunderstorm Warning

548 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA AND NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LAKE HARNEY...OR NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST 
AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
FARMTON...LAKE ASHBY...AND MAYTOWN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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LAT...LON 2880 8084 2880 8085 2879 8091 2879 8097
2869 8108 2878 8117 2893 8128 2908 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 243DEG 11KT 2876 8105

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.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Osteen, Florida.

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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