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WWUS82 KTBW 022136
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
536 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
FLZ061-160-162-165-255-260-262-022215-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE FL-DESOTO FL-INLAND MANATEE FL-INLAND CHARLOTTE FL-
INLAND SARASOTA FL-COASTAL SARASOTA FL-COASTAL LEE FL-
536 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE
WESTERN
CHARLOTTE...WESTERN DESOTO AND SOUTHEASTERN SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH
615 PM EDT...
AT 536 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ARCADIA TO NEAR NORTH PORT TO
13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT CHARLOTTE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE CORAL, NORTH PORT, PUNTA GORDA, ARCADIA, PORT CHARLOTTE,
SOUTHEAST ARCADIA, CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, BURNT STORE MARINA,
MURDOCK, NOCATEE, EL JOBEAN, HARBOUR HEIGHTS, CLEVELAND, GROVE CITY,
WARM MINERAL SPRINGS, SOLANA, FORT OGDEN, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, GULF
COVE, AND TROPICAL GULF ACRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2732 8181 2694 8189 2671 8206 2689 8239
2710 8230 2732 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 306DEG 23KT 2720 8203 2701 8218 2686 8228
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TBW
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