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lightning
Issued: 415 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2009

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SOUTHWEST WINDS...INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF A FRONT AND AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND SAG SOUTH INTO
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. STEERING FLOW FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST WILL
ALLOW STORMS TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST AT 20 MPH. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS AND MOVE TOWARD THE
TREASURE COAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON.


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