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EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1045 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

.DAY ONE...TODAY...

...STRONG TO SEVERE LIGHTNING STORMS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY...

DAYTIME HEATING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE...AND A LATE DAY COLLISION OF THE
COASTAL SEA BREEZES WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING
STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO AROUND TWO INCHES AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY...ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...WHICH MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE IN STRONGER STORMS. IF YOU
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF
ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY
RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...STRONG STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE MAY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO
WATER LIGHTNING...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON IF STRONG
STORMS DEVELOP...AND RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
INCLUDING RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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