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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
158 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ043-242-248-021830-
INLAND HERNANDO FL-INLAND CITRUS FL-SUMTER FL-
158 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS
CENTRAL
SUMTER AND CENTRAL HERNANDO COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 158 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR INVERNESS HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO NORTH
BROOKSVILLE TO WEEKI WACHEE. 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...
SPRING HILL, BROOKSVILLE, INVERNESS, WILDWOOD, BUSHNELL, INVERNESS
AIRPORT, HILL N DALE, SOUTH BROOKSVILLE, NORTH BROOKSVILLE, INVERNESS
HIGHLANDS SOUTH, LAKE PANASOFFKEE, RIDGE MANOR, COLEMAN, LAKE
LINDSEY, INVERNESS HIGHLANDS, SUMTERVILLE, HEATHERWOOD, FLORAL CITY,
SUBURBAN ACRES, AND WAHOO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2856 8247 2882 8243 2887 8202 2863 8207
2852 8214 2849 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 259DEG 43KT 2874 8236 2858 8240 2851 8257
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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