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WWUS82 KTBW 062228
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
628 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026
FLZ262-265-062330-
INLAND CHARLOTTE FL-INLAND LEE FL-
628 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE AND
EASTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 627 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHARLESTON PARK TO
NEAR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
FORT MYERS SHORES, OLGA, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT, LEHIGH ACRES,
GATEWAY, ALVA, BUCKINGHAM, CHARLESTON PARK, AND ESTERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2677 8174 2684 8157 2642 8156 2642 8165
2641 8166 2640 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 227DEG 6KT 2676 8163 2650 8169
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TBW
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