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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
737 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026
FLZ057-061-262-265-070030-
DESOTO FL-HIGHLANDS FL-INLAND CHARLOTTE FL-INLAND LEE FL-
737 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS
EASTERN
CHARLOTTE...SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO AND NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH
830 PM EDT...
AT 736 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES EAST OF BABCOCK RANCH, OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LABELLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
BABCOCK RANCH, NORTH FORT MYERS, BABCOCK WEBB WMA, AND SUNCOAST
ESTATES.
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 2703 8143 2703 8156 2673 8157 2672 8188
2724 8174 2717 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 202DEG 10KT 2696 8164
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TBW
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