Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Apr 18, 1994, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)

Expired

Apr 18, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Hendry County, FL

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TTAA00 KMIA 182022 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC051-182130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
421 PM EDT MON APR 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...HENDRY COUNTY
 
AT 4 PM EDT THE HENDRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN HENDRY COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CLEWISTON.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF
THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF HENDRY COUNTY FROM SOUTH OF CLEWISTON TO JUST
EAST OF LEHIGH ACRES. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP IN THIS SAME AREA DURING
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, AND PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE
WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
 
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TPAKE SHELTER...THEN CALL THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 305 666-0884 OR REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

In the hours before

FLZ067-182040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
340 PM EDT MON APR 18 1994

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
FROM 5 MILES EAST OF CANAL POINT SOUTH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BAY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

RESIDENTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL AS BOATERS
OPERATING ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
YOUR LOCATION SEEK A SAFE SHELTER OR HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA SOUTH AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM COCOA BEACH TO SARASOTA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM THE
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND NORTH TO WALKERS CAY.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS OBSERVED.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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