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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
504 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLZ054-059-064-191000-
INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-ST. LUCIE-
504 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

AT 458 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SQUALL LINE 7 MILES EAST OF JUPITER ISLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR
25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE THE COASTAL
REGIONS FROM JUPITER INLET TO SEBASTIAN INLET.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS NEAR 50 MPH...WHICH CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

WATERSPOUTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS THE SQUALL
LINE SKIRTS THE COAST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN
A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH
AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN.