097
WWUS82 KTBW 122126
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
526 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
FLZ052-057-122200-
HIGHLANDS FL-POLK FL-
526 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 526 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE KISSIMMEE TO NEAR
SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT TO NEAR VENUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEBRING, AVON PARK, LAKE PLACID, SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT, SYLVAN
SHORES, LAKE ISTOKPOGA, VENUS, INDIAN LAKE ESTATES, RIVER RANCH,
SEBRING SHORES, LAKE JOSEPHINE, PLACID LAKES, ARCHBOLD, LORIDA, AND
AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2721 8115 2712 8117 2712 8127 2703 8127
2703 8148 2790 8149 2796 8135 2794 8135
2792 8131 2786 8131 2783 8122 2766 8113
2760 8114 2753 8121 2749 8121 2744 8114
2741 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 243DEG 9KT 2775 8134 2753 8132 2704 8137
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TBW
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