Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
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WWUS82 KTBW 211957
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
357 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
FLZ042-043-048-049-051-055-212100-
SUMTER-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-
357 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERNANDO...CENTRAL
HILLSBOROUGH...CENTRAL PASCO...NORTHEASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHEASTERN
CITRUS AND WEST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE LINDSEY TO
LAND O LAKES TO PALM RIVER TO MYAKKA HEAD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF BROOKSVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTH OF LUTZ TO BRANDON
TO 21 MILES WEST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT
LAKE LINDSEY...BROOKSVILLE...BROOKRIDGE...BRANDON...VALRICO...
GIBSONTON...TEMPLE TERRACE...LUTZ...DUETTE...BOYETTE...AND GARDEN
GROVE...UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 246 AND 314.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 4 BETWEEN EXITS 1 AND 17.
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. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA
SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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LAT...LON 2873 8245 2873 8212 2825 8223 2793 8215
2743 8207 2740 8221 2782 8242 2789 8241
2790 8246 2793 8248 2824 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 270DEG 6KT 2864 8236 2825 8246
2793 8237 2749 8214
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