SVRMIA
FLC011-086-202300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
555 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY 
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 
  IN SOUTH FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST   
  WEST OF FORT LAUDERDALE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL 
RAINS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST 
DANGEROUS PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE OLD 
PART OF DAVIE...PARTS OF DANIA BEACH...HOLLYWOOD...EASTERN COOPER 
CITY...AND EASTERN PEMBROKE PINES AS THE STORM MOVES ROUGHLY DOWN 
THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN BROWARD.

ANOTHER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM THAT IS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS 
WILL BE AFFECTING KENDALL...SOUTH MIAMI...AND WEST CHESTER IN METRO 
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. 

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS
COVERING ROADWAYS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 2617 8009 2617 8029 2568 8047 2558 8005


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