FLUS42 KMLB 220900 HWOMLB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-222100- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 500 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AS ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS COME ASHORE COASTAL AREAS LATE MORNING THEY WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND A WIND GUST TO 30 MPH AT COASTAL LOCATIONS. COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS STORMS MOVE INLAND AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF ORLANDO. SOME STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER THE INTERIOR ESPECIALLY AREAS WEST OF ORLANDO...SANFORD AND DELAND. STORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF WATER ON ROADS...LOW LYING AND IN POORLY DRAINING AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED SHORT TERM FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINING AREAS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... MODERATE. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ALWAYS CHECK WITH THE LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL ABOUT SURF CONDITIONS BEFORE GOING INTO THE OCEAN. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS MAINLY ACROSS INLAND LAKES AS THEY MOVE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. BOATERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE EAST FOR APPROACHING WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE CLEARED YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL ALLOW THE SEA BREEZE TO FORM AND PUSH INLAND EARLIER IN THE DAY... FOCUSING DAILY LIGHTNING STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF STRONG FOR RIP CURRENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON DURING THE STRONGEST PERIODS OF THE OUTGOING TIDE AT THE BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. $$ WIMMER PALMBAYWEATHER.info
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