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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
256 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ043-050-052-056-149-151-155-249-251-255-021945-
INLAND MANATEE FL-INLAND PASCO FL-SUMTER FL-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH FL-
COASTAL MANATEE FL-PINELLAS FL-POLK FL-HARDEE FL-COASTAL PASCO FL-
INLAND HILLSBOROUGH FL-
256 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER...PASCO
NORTHWESTERN HARDEE...MANATEE...PINELLAS...WESTERN POLK AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 255 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAND O LAKES TO NEAR TAMPA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO 8 MILES WEST OF FORT DESOTO PARK. 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...
TAMPA, CLEARWATER, LAKELAND, LARGO, BRADENTON, PINELLAS PARK, PLANT
CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, BARTOW, SEMINOLE, NEW PORT RICHEY, ZEPHYRHILLS,
PALMETTO, DADE CITY, DOWNTOWN SAINT PETERSBURG, FORT DESOTO PARK,
HOLIDAY, FISH HAWK, SAINT PETERSBURG, AND LUTZ.
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 2797 8285 2834 8272 2849 8196 2835 8196
2835 8191 2800 8183 2745 8207 2745 8276
2773 8286 2780 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 255DEG 49KT 2821 8246 2797 8260 2761 8286
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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