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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
441 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
 

FLZ052-056-057-061-151-155-160-162-251-255-260-032200-
Coastal Charlotte FL-DeSoto FL-Inland Manatee FL-Highlands FL-
Coastal Manatee FL-Coastal Hillsborough FL-Inland Sarasota FL-
Polk FL-Coastal Sarasota FL-Hardee FL-Inland Hillsborough FL-
441 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS...
HARDEE...MANATEE...NORTHWESTERN CHARLOTTE...POLK...SOUTHEASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH...NORTHWESTERN DESOTO AND SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH 600
PM EDT...

At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles southeast of West Lake Toho to 11
miles south of Bartow to near Lake Sarasota. Movement was east at 45
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, North Port, Sarasota, Bradenton, Winter Haven, Haines City,
Bartow, Lake Wales, Auburndale, Palmetto, Sebring, Avon Park,
Arcadia, Wauchula, Fish Hawk, Port Charlotte, South Gate Ridge, Lake
Sarasota, Southgate, and Gulf Gate Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 2765 8113 2688 8234 2747 8276 2789 8220
      2835 8166 2826 8166 2826 8156 2814 8152
      2814 8146 2809 8145 2808 8135 2801 8138
      2806 8145 2792 8131 2786 8131 2783 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 256DEG 37KT 2809 8131 2774 8188 2724 8241 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

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