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SPSTBW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
1135 PM EDT Tue Jul 29 2025

FLZ052-056-057-300415-
Highlands FL-Polk FL-Hardee FL-
1135 PM EDT Tue Jul 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS...
NORTHEASTERN HARDEE AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...

At 1135 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Lake Wales, moving southwest at 10 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...
Homeland, Alturas, Indian Lake Estates, Crooked Lake Park,
Frostproof, Wahneta, Fort Meade, Hillcrest Heights, Eagle Lake,
Highland Park, Bartow, Bowling Green, Dundee, Cypress Gardens, Avon
Park, Lake Wales Municipal Airport, Sebring Shores, Babson Park,
Bartow Municipal Airport, and Waverly.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 2742 8147 2750 8179 2767 8205 2804 8172
      2798 8145 2788 8130 2786 8131 2785 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 029DEG 8KT 2782 8159

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

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