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WWUS82 KTBW 140046
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
846 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2026
FLZ052-140130-
POLK FL-
846 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY THROUGH
930 PM EDT...
AT 845 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FUSSELS CORNER, OR NEAR AUBURNDALE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
LAKELAND, WINTER HAVEN, BARTOW, AUBURNDALE, FUSSELS CORNER, MEDULLA,
JAN PHYL VILLAGE, COMBEE SETTLEMENT, LAKE ALFRED, MULBERRY, EAGLE
LAKE, POLK CITY, INWOOD, HIGHLAND CITY, WINTER HAVEN AIRPORT,
GIBSONIA, BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WAHNETA, CRYSTAL LAKE, AND
LAKELAND HIGHLANDS.
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.
LAT...LON 2791 8172 2791 8200 2818 8200 2818 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 190DEG 3KT 2805 8187
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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