137  
WWUS82 KTBW 021607  
SPSTBW  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL  
1207 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026  
 
FLZ139-239-021630-  
COASTAL LEVY FL-INLAND LEVY FL-  
1207 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LEVY COUNTY THROUGH 1230  
PM EDT...  
 
AT 1206 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLERS BLUFF TO 28 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF HORSESHOE POINT TO 40 MILES WEST OF HOMOSASSA. MOVEMENT  
WAS EAST AT 30 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...  
WILLISTON HIGHLANDS, OTTER CREEK, AND LEBANON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND  
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2930 8296 2937 8249 2910 8264 2899 8275  
2910 8313  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 263DEG 33KT 2927 8292 2906 8310 2891 8327  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
TBW  
 
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