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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
533 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

FLZ061-062-242215-
DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-
533 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHERN
DESOTO COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT OGDEN TO
CLEVELAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ARCADIA TO PUNTA GORDA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT
OGDEN...CHARLOTTE HARBOR...PUNTA GORDA AND CLEVELAND...UNTIL 615 PM
EDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 158 AND 167.

GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE
75 SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN.

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LAT...LON 2696 8208 2719 8193 2686 8164 2679 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 352DEG 6KT 2710 8192 2695 8201

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