HWOMFL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 819 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 211230- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY- INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI-DADE-METRO MIAMI-DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI- DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 819 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2016 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE GULF BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH BEST CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND GULF COAST. HOWEVER SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO MOVE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE EAST COAST AT ANY TIME. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY INTO THE WEEKEND. STORMS WILL GENERALLY AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS AND EAST COAST DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND MORNING HOURS, AND SHIFT OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. $$ $$