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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
423 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

FLZ059-064-222115-
MARTIN-ST. LUCIE-
423 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MARTIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...

AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE INDIAN RIVER
ESTATES...NORTH RIVER SHORES...PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK AND SAINT
LUCIE WEST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY
CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.