Sunday, June 10, 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Central Florida

MELBOURNE, Florida  -- The National Weather Service in Melbourne, Florida predicts that dangerous thunderstorms will develop over Lake County due to the collision of east and west coast sea breezes.  The storms are predicted to move to counties in east Central Florida, including, but not limited to, Brevard County:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FLC069-127-102330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0049.120610T2226Z-120610T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
626 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 618 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 9 MILES
  SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF JUNIPER SPRINGS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE OUT
OF SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY NEAR EMERALDA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO...  PAISLEY...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...PIERSON...CASSIA...BARBERVILLE...
UMATILLA...DE LEON SPRINGS AND EMERALDA.

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.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALSO DETECTED SOME WEAK
ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.

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 2897 8193 2897 8166 2905 8166 2905 8164
      2925 8165 2937 8154 2938 8145 2940 8143
      2939 8141 2927 8141 2926 8131 2894 8135
      2884 8139 2883 8142 2879 8141 2878 8171
      2884 8189 2892 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 276DEG 12KT 2916 8157

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