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WWUS82 KTBW 291911
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2026
FLZ052-057-292000-
HIGHLANDS FL-POLK FL-
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 311 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MARIAN TO 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE PRESERVE TO SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT.
MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20 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...
LAKE WALES, SEBRING, AVON PARK, LAKE PLACID, SEBRING REGIONAL
AIRPORT, SYLVAN SHORES, LAKE ISTOKPOGA, FROSTPROOF, HILLCREST
HEIGHTS, HIGHLAND PARK, INDIAN LAKE ESTATES, RIVER RANCH, CORNWELL,
SEBRING SHORES, BABSON PARK, LAKE JOSEPHINE, PLACID LAKES, LORIDA,
AVON PARK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AND AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2722 8156 2791 8156 2788 8130 2786 8130
2783 8122 2774 8116 2773 8117 2771 8115
2767 8118 2760 8114 2755 8121 2749 8121
2744 8114 2739 8112 2738 8107 2736 8103
2734 8105 2730 8103 2729 8100 2724 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 110DEG 16KT 2779 8112 2767 8124 2743 8133
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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