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WWUS82 KTBW 022216
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
616 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2026
FLZ056-057-061-022300-
DESOTO FL-HIGHLANDS FL-HARDEE FL-
616 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
SOUTHEASTERN
HARDEE AND NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ISTOKPOGA TO 15 MILES
WEST OF SEBRING TO NEAR WAUCHULA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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...
SEBRING, LAKE PLACID, SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT, SYLVAN SHORES, LAKE
ISTOKPOGA, SWEETWATER, ZOLFO SPRINGS, BRIGHTON, CORNWELL, LAKE
JOSEPHINE, PLACID LAKES, ARCHBOLD, GARDNER, AND CREWSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2721 8116 2718 8117 2716 8148 2723 8175
2754 8193 2751 8154 2742 8114 2738 8111
2738 8107 2736 8103 2734 8105 2730 8103
2729 8100 2726 8100 2725 8098 2723 8098
2721 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 322DEG 10KT 2729 8116 2741 8169 2750 8179
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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