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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
530 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008

FLZ041-044-182215-
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
530 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LAKE AND
WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARBERVILLE TO
OSTEEN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE STORM CELL IN
THIS LINE IS NEAR ASTOR.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE DEBARY...
ORANGE CITY...DELAND...DELEON SPRINGS...LAKE WOODRUFF...LAKE HELEN...

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.