Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
955 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007
FLZ067-071-151100-
PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE GLADE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
955 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007
...SEVERAL WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY...
REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY INDICATE THAT
SEVERAL WILDFIRES WERE STARTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY. THE LARGEST FIRE AT LAST
REPORT WAS AROUND 2000 ACRES AND GROWING...AND WAS LOCATED 1 MILE
SOUTH OF THE BORDER BETWEEN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES AND
JUST WEST OF THE MIAMI CANAL. ANOTHER...SMALLER FIRE...AROUND 200
ACRES HAS ALSO DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF THIS ONE...APPROXIMATELY 4
MILES EAST OF THE MIAMI CANAL. SEVERAL FLARE UPS AND OTHER SMALLER
FIRES HAVE ALSO STARTED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY MUCH OF TONIGHT...KEEPING THE
SMOKE FROM THESE FIRES MOSTLY ACROSS THE ROTENBERGER AND HOLEY
LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY SUNDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SMOKE FROM THESE FIRES TO APPROACH
AND CROSS U.S. 27...WHICH MAY LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG
THE ROAD FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE NORTHWARD. IN
ADDITION...SMOKE MAY IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES OF OKEELANTA...BELLE
GLADE AND SOUTH BAY...ESPECIALLY IF THE FIRES CONTINUE TO GROW
OVERNIGHT.
ANOTHER FIRE HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ON THE IMMEDIATE NORTH SIDE OF
INTERSTATE 75...ALLIGATOR ALLEY...AT MILE MARKER 42. THIS FIRE WAS
ONLY 100 ACRES AT LAST REPORT...AND SMOKE FROM THIS FIRE IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE GENERAL
SOUTHERLY WIND DIRECTION.
FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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STRASSBERG