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WWUS82 KTBW 022033
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ052-056-061-160-251-255-260-022115-
DESOTO FL-INLAND MANATEE FL-INLAND SARASOTA FL-POLK FL-
COASTAL SARASOTA FL-HARDEE FL-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH FL-
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HARDEE...EASTERN MANATEE
SOUTHWESTERN POLK...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...NORTHWESTERN DESOTO
AND NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 433 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARTOW TO 10 MILES NORTH
OF MYAKKA CITY TO NEAR LAKE SARASOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARTOW, LAKE WALES, WAUCHULA, ONA, LAKE SARASOTA, MYAKKA RIVER STATE
PARK, MYAKKA CITY, GULF GATE ESTATES, SARASOTA SPRINGS, SOUTH GATE
RIDGE, FORT MEADE, CROOKED LAKE PARK, MULBERRY, FROSTPROOF, BOWLING
GREEN, ZOLFO SPRINGS, HILLCREST HEIGHTS, HIGHLAND PARK, HOMELAND, AND
ALTURAS.
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 2764 8155 2765 8156 2762 8156 2746 8167
2714 8202 2722 8253 2753 8230 2793 8205
2787 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 275DEG 39KT 2779 8196 2751 8216 2727 8240
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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