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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
307 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 2026
FLZ043-050-052-142-148-149-151-242-248-249-251-121945-
COASTAL CITRUS FL-INLAND HERNANDO FL-INLAND PASCO FL-
COASTAL HERNANDO FL-INLAND CITRUS FL-SUMTER FL-
COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH FL-PINELLAS FL-POLK FL-COASTAL PASCO FL-
INLAND HILLSBOROUGH FL-
307 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS...SUMTER
PASCO...HERNANDO...NORTHWESTERN PINELLAS...NORTHWESTERN POLK AND
NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 307 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
PINE ISLAND TO NEAR NEW PORT RICHEY EAST TO PALM HARBOR. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAMPA, SPRING HILL, CLEARWATER, LARGO, TEMPLE TERRACE, NEW PORT
RICHEY, ZEPHYRHILLS, BROOKSVILLE, INVERNESS, WILDWOOD, DADE CITY,
BUSHNELL, HUDSON, HOLIDAY, LUTZ, HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, ST. LEO, WEEKI
WACHEE, PALM HARBOR, AND NEW PORT RICHEY EAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2822 8282 2853 8275 2858 8272 2861 8272
2882 8245 2896 8202 2896 8196 2860 8195
2818 8198 2790 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 236DEG 55KT 2859 8263 2826 8261 2806 8277
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TBW
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