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WWUS82 KTBW 202352
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
752 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
FLZ151-251-255-210015-
INLAND MANATEE FL-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH FL-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH FL-
752 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MANATEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 750 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREATER SUN
CENTER, OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF FISH HAWK, MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FISH HAWK, RUSKIN, PARRISH, GREATER SUN CENTER, LITTLE MANATEE RIVER
STATE PARK, ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK, GIBSONTON, DUETTE, WIMAUMA, SUN
CITY CENTER, FORT LONESOME, AND BOYETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2782 8211 2758 8210 2746 8217 2751 8244
2771 8246 2784 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 103DEG 8KT 2765 8225
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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