873
WWUS82 KTBW 230000
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
800 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
FLZ056-061-255-260-230100-
DESOTO FL-INLAND MANATEE FL-INLAND SARASOTA FL-HARDEE FL-
800 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HARDEE
EASTERN
MANATEE...WESTERN DESOTO AND NORTHEASTERN SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH
900 PM EDT...
AT 800 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES WEST OF ARCADIA, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARCADIA, MYAKKA CITY, SOUTHEAST ARCADIA, HIDDEN RIVER, NOCATEE,
MYAKKA HEAD, LIMESTONE, DUETTE, AND FORT OGDEN.
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 2764 8207 2747 8191 2717 8179 2703 8197
2703 8200 2736 8245 2738 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 142DEG 23KT 2722 8202
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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