Would be nice to have a warning like that over here ...

All we get is a flash and a bang!

Cheers all,

Rob.


"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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Now that's what I call a storm warning.

Keith (Southend)

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FLZ045-046-053-144-282145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
453 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003

...STRONG STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ORLANDO METRO AREA
THROUGH SUNSET...

AT 445 PM...BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES HAD PUSHED INTO
THE INTERIOR COUNTIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
FORMED ALONG BOTH BOUNDARIES...SPECIFICALLY OVER SOUTHWEST VOLUSIA
COUNTY IN THE EAST...AND OVER MARION AND SUMTER COUNTIES IN THE
WEST. MANY OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THROUGH SUNSET...THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES WILL MERGE OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA IN THE VICINTY OF THE ORLANDO METRO AREA. AS THEY
DO...ADDITIONAL STRONG LIGHTNING STORMS WILL DEVELOP...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BECOME SEVERE. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH
MANY OF THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER DOWNTOWN ORLANDO AND POINTS
WEST.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
CAREFULLY THROUGH SUNSET...AS SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH
LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE INDOORS IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OF IF
THUNDER IS HEARD...AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL 30 MINUTES PAST THE
FINAL CLAP OF THUNDER. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS THE FIRST
THUNDERSTORM HAZARD TO ARRIVE...AND THE LAST TO LEAVE.
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