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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
705 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2008

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INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-
705 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2008

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE INTERIOR...

AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF LAKE GEORGE TO LAKE
GEORGE...ASTOR PARK...PAISLEY...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...AND PLYMOUTH.

ANOTHER LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER A LARGE PART OF
ORLANDO...EXTENDING NORTH TO ALTAMONTE SPRINGS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PERSONS
IN NORTHEAST LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY
...WESTERN AND CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY...AND FAR WESTERN VOLUSIA
COUNTY.

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

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