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General Weather Chat / Re: Watch/Warning Thread
« on: June 19, 2008, 10:09:37 AM »
Special Weather Statement:
Quote from: National Weather Service (NOAA)
METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI- DADE COUNTY FL- 945 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 941 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MICCOSUKEE RESORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
WESTWOOD LAKES... SWEETWATER... DORAL... HIALEAH... LITTLE HAITI... BISCAYNE PARK...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.