Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
705 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-
705 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SARASOTA AND WESTERN CHARLOTTE
COUNTIES...

AN AREA OF FOG...SOME LOCALLY DENSE RESTRICTING VISIBILITY TO LESS
THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE...WILL EFFECT LOCATIONS FROM AROUND
SARASOTA SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTH PORT AND PUNTA GORDA...UNTIL 830 AM
EDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 158 AND 210.

THE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...OR FIND AN ALTERNATIVE
ROUTE. IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING VISIBILITY WITHIN THE FOG BANK.

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