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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1256 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

FLZ041-044>046-053-141-251845-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-
1256 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO
PUSH ACROSS EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES...

...STORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA AND INTERIOR
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...

AT 1254 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF CASSIA TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INTERCESSION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE  STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH
...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL
TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

THIS SQUALL LINE HAS ALSO SHOWN EMBEDDED CELLS WHICH HAVE SHOWN
ROTATION AT TIMES. THUS...THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE RAPIDLY FORMING...FAST MOVING TORNADOES AT ANY TIME.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH
500 PM THIS EVENING.


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