HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 112 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009 Expiration: 600 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY GULF COAST/LAKE REGION...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS: THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY LATE AS INSTABILITY
AND WIND FIELDS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR
ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE NAPLES AREA TO THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS EVEN A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN
TORNADOES.
TORNADOES: WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT,
LEADING TO A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY RISK
AREA IS FROM THE NAPLES AREA TO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A MINIMAL RISK ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA AS
WELL.
WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS OVER
THE WATERS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS AND LAKE
OKEECHOBEE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND: A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60
MPH...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NAPLES AREA TO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE
REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FLOODING: HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH
THE STORMS WILL BE FAST MOVING...ANY STORMS WHICH MOVE OVER ANY
GIVEN AREA COULD LEAD TO MINOR STREET FLOODING OR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA ON SATURDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY
BEFORE NOON, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN THE
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE RISK OF STORMS ACROSS THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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