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WWUS82 KTBW 292221
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
621 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2025
FLZ057-292245-
HIGHLANDS FL-
621 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...
AT 621 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAKE ISTOKPOGA, OR 9 MILES EAST OF LAKE PLACID, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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 ISTOKPOGA AND CORNWELL.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2725 8117 2732 8130 2751 8121 2750 8120
2749 8121 2748 8118 2746 8117 2744 8114
2741 8114 2739 8112 2738 8110 2738 8107
2737 8105 2736 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 208DEG 9KT 2732 8122
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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