299  
WWUS82 KTBW 270912  
SPSTBW  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL  
412 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026  
 
FLZ043-052-056-057-061-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165-242-248-249-  
251-255-260-262-265-271215-  
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-DESOTO-INLAND MANATEE-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND  
CITRUS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND LEE-INLAND SARASOTA-POLK-COASTAL  
LEE-COASTAL PASCO-COASTAL CITRUS-HIGHLANDS-INLAND PASCO-COASTAL  
HERNANDO-INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL MANATEE-SUMTER-COASTAL  
SARASOTA-HARDEE-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-  
412 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026  
   
..PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT CITRUS...HIGHLANDS...HERNANDO
 
 
HARDEE...CHARLOTTE...POLK...LEE...SARASOTA...SUMTER...PASCO...  
MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH AND DESOTO COUNTIES...  
 
AT 411 AM EST, SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE  
FOG IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LECANTO, LAKE MANATEE STATE PARK, NEW PORT RICHEY EAST, SHADY HILLS,  
FORT MYERS VILLAS, SOUTH GATE RIDGE, ST. LEO, SUMTERVILLE, BUSHNELL,  
LAKE SARASOTA, WEEKI WACHEE, PLACID LAKES, HAINES CITY, SOUTHWEST  
FLORIDA AIRPORT, WINSTON, FLORAL CITY, BRADENTON BEACH, EAST  
LAKE-ORIENT PARK, SOUTHGATE, AND CHASSAHOWITZKA REFUGE.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. USE  
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS, REDUCE YOUR SPEED, AND MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE  
BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.  
 
LAT...LON 2645 8224 2756 8282 2779 8251 2817 8265  
2814 8290 2905 8246 2896 8196 2835 8196  
2835 8166 2808 8135 2808 8137 2806 8145  
2777 8118 2749 8121 2721 8094 2721 8116  
2703 8127 2703 8156 2642 8156 2632 8166  
 

 
 
TBW  
 
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