HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 622 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE
COUNTIES...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVES EAST
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND BRING A THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE TREASURE COAST DURING THE MID
TO LATE MORNING. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR ACQUIRING ROTATION...WHICH COULD
PRODUCE A TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 8 AND
10 AM.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING SOUTH OF ORLANDO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. AFTER THE STEADY AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY
AND OVERNIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TEMPORARY FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
STORMS PUSHING OFFSHORE THE TREASURE COAST OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE
AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES THIS MORNING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS...AND POSSIBLY NEAR 50
KNOTS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS.
...WATERSPOUT IMPACT...
ONE OR TWO STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADIC
WATERSPOUTS MAINLY OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS
OF THE TREASURE COAST.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OFF THE U S EAST COAST AND A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS MORNING ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES AND SELF ACTIVATE IF
NEEDED.
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