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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 1012 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2010 Expiration: 500 PM EDT SUN SEP 05 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG BOUNDARIES OVER
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT
AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...EVENTUALLY COLLIDING WITH THE EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE BOUNDARY EAST OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR LATER IN THE DAY.
STORMS OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE
EASTWARD BACK TOWARD THE COAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STRONGER ACTIVITY WILL BE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG
AREA BEACHES TODAY. GREATEST THREAT WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL INFLUENCES.
OVER 100 RIP CURRENT RESCUES WERE REPORTED ALONG THE VOLUSIA
COUNTY COASTLINE SATURDAY DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND SIMILAR
RIP CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY.
TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM ONLY AT BEACHES
WHERE LIFEGUARDS ARE PRESENT AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.
...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD AROUND 10 TO 15
KNOTS TOWARD THE COAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
ANY OF THIS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
WEEK AND FACILITATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH
AFTERNOON. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AN ELEVATED
THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH LABOR DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
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