Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
632 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DESOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.

* AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA TO
  FORT OGDEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ARCADIA TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
  RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY..

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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LAT...LON 2732 8176 2704 8176 2704 8205 2732 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 259DEG 8KT 2727 8197 2707 8197

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