Advisory SVS Severe Weather Statement — Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:37 PM

SVSMIA
FLC011-086-202300-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
626 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF 
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PARK AND HALLANDALE BEACH. THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE COUNTY LINE INTO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 
BETWEEN CAROL CITY AND AVENTURA BY 640 PM EDT. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS PULSED DOWNWARD IN INTENSITY OVER THE 
LAST 15 MINUTES BUT CAN STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 
MPH AS WELL AS DIME SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES SOUTH AROUND 10 MILES AN 
HOUR. RESIDENTS OF AVENTURA...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...AND NORTH MIAMI 
CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM TO BE MOVING THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT 
HALF HOUR.

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