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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
154 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

FLZ057-061-162-165-262-265-061945-
DESOTO-HIGHLANDS-INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-
COASTAL LEE-
154 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE...DESOTO...NORTHEASTERN
LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTIES...

AT 153 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BABCOCK WEBB WMA...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
PUNTA GORDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT BABCOCK WEBB
WMA AND BABCOCK RANCH...UNTIL 245 PM EST.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 139 AND 161.

GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2661 8192 2674 8208 2679 8207 2726 8188
      2703 8146 2702 8155 2673 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 225DEG 30KT 2690 8181

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