HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1051 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A NARROW LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...
AFFECTING AREAS FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE COASTS OF ST LUCIE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING A QUICK ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD ALONG THE TREASURE COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. CELLS WILL ALSO TEND TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH
WILL PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
ISOLATED STORMS PUSHING OFF THE TREASURE COAST WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR A WATERSPOUT.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE INTO THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...SMALL CRAFT OPERATING BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
RAIN IS FORECAST TO SPREAD BACK NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND MAY PERSIST INTO SATURDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MANY AREAS ARE
FORECAST TO RECEIVE A BENEFICIAL SOAKING RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT RAIN
EVENT PRODUCING 3 INCHES OR MORE WHERE CONVECTION TRAINS OVER THE
SAME AREAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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