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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredLake Okeechobee
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWMFL
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Lake Okeechobee...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 843 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 7 nm west of Pahokee, moving southeast at 20 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Liberty Point, Pahokee, Clewiston, Moore Haven, and Lake Harbor.
Data from the National Weather Service
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