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Lightning Threat
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Issued: 509 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENTLY DEEP MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING...
AND THE AFTERNOON SEA AND LAKE BREEZES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
TODAY. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR NEAR THE COAST AND AROUND
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AS THE SEA AND LAKE BREEZES FIRST FORM. ACTIVITY
WILL INCREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE ATLANTIC SEA
BREEZE PUSHES INLAND AND INTERACTS WITH LOCAL LAKE BREEZES...THE
WEST COAST SEA BREEZE AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.

SLOW AND ERRATIC MOVING STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 60 TO 90 MINUTE PERIOD. THE
NEARBY PRESENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ALLOW SOME STORMS TO
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL.


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