Everglades Wildlife Management Area Conservation A, FL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Everglades Wildlife Management Area Conservation A, Florida

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1015 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
Expiration: 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLOOD WARNING GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FLOODING: THE HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST TWO DAYS HAVE LEFT STANDING WATER
OVER MANY AREAS AND ROADWAYS IN GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES.
FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STANDING WATER WILL PERSIST THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND
ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AS
SPIRAL BANDS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLOODING ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA IF
PERSISTENT SPIRAL BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOP.

RIP CURRENTS: WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH HAVE RESULTED IN A HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AS SPIRAL RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHTNING STRIKES, HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

WIND: SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25
KNOTS WILL OCCUR OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE INLAND
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISKS FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING IN GLADES AND HENDRY
COUNTIES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.