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WWUS82 KTBW 021939
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
339 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ052-151-155-160-251-255-260-022030-
INLAND MANATEE FL-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH FL-COASTAL MANATEE FL-
INLAND SARASOTA FL-POLK FL-COASTAL SARASOTA FL-
INLAND HILLSBOROUGH FL-
339 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MANATEE...POLK
HILLSBOROUGH AND
NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 339 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LOUISA TO NEAR
LAKELAND TO RUSKIN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT ARMANDS KEY.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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, LAKELAND, SARASOTA, BRADENTON, PLANT CITY, WINTER HAVEN,
TEMPLE TERRACE, HAINES CITY, BARTOW, LAKE WALES, AUBURNDALE,
PALMETTO, FISH HAWK, BRANDON, SOUTH GATE RIDGE, LAKE SARASOTA, EAST
LAKE-ORIENT PARK, SOUTHGATE, GULF GATE ESTATES, AND THE MEADOWS.
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 2776 8252 2796 8250 2817 8218 2817 8211
2823 8210 2832 8200 2831 8196 2835 8196
2835 8166 2826 8166 2826 8156 2814 8152
2814 8146 2795 8157 2764 8194 2764 8206
2753 8205 2715 8238 2725 8263 2745 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 285DEG 21KT 2832 8186 2806 8201 2771 8244 2738
8272
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TBW
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