HWOMFL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 407 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 212015- 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- 407 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS REGION TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF COAST BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: THE FOCUS FOR MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND GULF COAST, HOWEVER ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND ATLANTIC METRO AREAS THIS MORNING. 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 ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES: HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON, WITH VALUES POTENTIALLY REACHING ABOVE 105 DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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 RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT THE ATLANTIC AND GULF BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION: WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND AND FLOODING 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. $$ $$