598
WWUS82 KTBW 272150
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
550 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025
FLZ057-061-272215-
DESOTO FL-HIGHLANDS FL-
550 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND
NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 549 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES WEST OF LAKE PLACID. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2727 8171 2734 8168 2734 8146 2715 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 213DEG 4KT 2728 8159
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TBW
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