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WWUS82 KTBW 061924
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
FLZ052-056-057-062000-
HIGHLANDS FL-POLK FL-HARDEE FL-
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS
NORTHEASTERN HARDEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM
EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
AVON PARK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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...
AVON PARK, SEBRING SHORES, FROSTPROOF, AVON PARK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT,
AND SEBRING.
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.
LAT...LON 2744 8161 2757 8173 2777 8154 2755 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 231DEG 7KT 2756 8159
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TBW
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