SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1011 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...STRONG LOW TAKING SHAPE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO..
...RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...
...SOME SEVERE STORMS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES ON FRIDAY...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
OVERNIGHT WILL CROSS NORTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY WHILE CONTINUING TO
STRENGTHEN. ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...ALONG WITH VERY STRONG LOW
TO MID LEVEL WINDS AND A FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
PROFILE WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS TO PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SPREADING NORTH FROM THE TREASURE AND
SPACE COAST. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
BEFORE SUNRISE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE FOUR. THERE WILL BE A
INCREASING THREAT OF ISOLATED ROTATING STORMS AS WELL BY FRIDAY
MORNING.
A SQUALL LINE CONTAINING STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL REACH
LAKE COUNTY SOMETIME AROUND MID MORNING...THEN SHIFT RAPIDLY EASTWARD
ACROSS ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES FROM LATE
MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SQUALL LINE WILL THEN PUSH ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN
COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POTENTIAL WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS...AS
WELL AS YOUR LOCAL FORECAST.
IF YOU OWN A WEATHER RADIO...MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN GOOD WORKING
ORDER...CORRECTLY PROGRAMMED...AND HAS A FRESH BATTERY.
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