225  
WWUS82 KTBW 021533  
SPSTBW  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL  
1133 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026  
 
FLZ139-239-021600-  
COASTAL LEVY FL-INLAND LEVY FL-  
1133 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LEVY COUNTY THROUGH  
NOON EDT...  
 
AT 1132 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HORSESHOE POINT TO 18  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLERS BLUFF TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF STEINHATCHEE.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CHIEFLAND AND FOWLERS BLUFF.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN  
FLORIDA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2929 8316 2932 8314 2932 8312 2934 8310  
2935 8306 2936 8307 2937 8307 2940 8302  
2942 8303 2942 8302 2943 8302 2946 8300  
2953 8269 2928 8283 2907 8304 2911 8316  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 261DEG 31KT 2935 8321 2923 8328 2908 8344  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
TBW  
 
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