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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
113 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ142-148-242-248-021745-
COASTAL CITRUS FL-INLAND HERNANDO FL-COASTAL HERNANDO FL-
INLAND CITRUS FL-
113 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CITRUS AND
NORTHWESTERN HERNANDO COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 113 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF HOMOSASSA TO 15 MILES WEST OF
PINE ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 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...
INVERNESS, HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, PINE ISLAND, HOMOSASSA, INVERNESS
HIGHLANDS NORTH, NORTH WEEKI WACHEE, SUGARMILL WOODS, CHASSAHOWITZKA
REFUGE, ROYAL HIGHLANDS, CHASSAHOWITZKA, LECANTO, GREEN ACRES,
LEISURE ACRES, AND GLEN LAKES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2883 8275 2886 8233 2856 8250 2857 8275
2877 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 264DEG 35KT 2878 8274 2863 8290
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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