736  
WWUS82 KTBW 072306  
SPSTBW  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL  
706 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026  
 
FLZ061-162-260-262-072330-  
COASTAL CHARLOTTE FL-DESOTO FL-INLAND CHARLOTTE FL-  
INLAND SARASOTA FL-  
706 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE  
 
SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO AND EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 706 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUNTA GORDA,  
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NORTH PORT, ARCADIA, PORT CHARLOTTE, SOUTHEAST ARCADIA, BABCOCK  
RANCH, CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, NOCATEE, HARBOUR HEIGHTS, CLEVELAND,  
LAKE SUZY, FORT OGDEN, SOLANA, AND CHARLOTTE HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2696 8169 2687 8197 2715 8217 2727 8183  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 154DEG 20KT 2698 8192  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
TBW  
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