Significant Weather Advisory for Attractions Area until 7:30 PM Sunday (8/9)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
628 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2020


...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE AND
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 627 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BELLE ISLE, OR OVER ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG 
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COLLISIONS.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORLANDO, KISSIMMEE, OCOEE, WINTER GARDEN AND SAINT CLOUD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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