BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A dangerous weather alert has just been issued for Boca Raton and surrounding areas of South Palm Beach County from the National Weather Service. The thunderstorms you may be experiencing through 9p tonight have the potential to be extremely dangerous and violent.
Here is the bulletin just issued:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
816 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
FLZ067-068-071>074-172-173-270100-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL INLAND BROWARD
COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI
DADE FL
816 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
…A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BROWARD
COUNTY…NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY…SOUTHERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY…FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH…
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS…
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 815 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAUDERDALE
BY THE SEA TO MIAMI BEACH…AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT…
MIAMI BEACH…
BAL HARBOUR…
LIGHTHOUSE POINT…
BISCAYNE PARK…
COCONUT CREEK…
SANDALFOOT COVE…
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS
CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES…AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.
FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT…LON 2600 8011 2591 8011 2591 8010 2589 8011
2580 8011 2573 8014 2571 8014 2593 8048
2645 8038 2629 8007
TIME…MOT…LOC 0017Z 131DEG 23KT 2622 8008 2583 8012
$$
GARCIA
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