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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2010

FLZ041-044-141-012045-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DE LEON SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTH OF PAISLEY...DRIFTING
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES...
DEFINED AS 12 OR MORE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES PER MINUTE. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR HARD TOPPED AUTOMOBILE.
OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM TREES.

LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA.

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND
AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...UP TO NICKEL SIZE...WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

HEAVY 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.

LAT...LON 2929 8107 2911 8113 2893 8139 2893 8178
      2897 8174 2896 8166 2905 8166 2913 8158
      2927 8138 2927 8116 2929 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 090DEG 3KT 2923 8126 2913 8140
          2908 8155

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