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SPSTBW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
524 PM EDT Tue Jul 1 2025

FLZ052-056-057-061-012215-
DeSoto FL-Highlands FL-Polk FL-Hardee FL-
524 PM EDT Tue Jul 1 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS...
HARDEE...SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES THROUGH
615 PM EDT...

At 524 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles west of Sebring, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bowling Green, Zolfo Springs, Brownville, Avon Park, Sebring Shores,
Frostproof, Lake Josephine, Fort Meade, Avon Park Executive Airport,
Wauchula, Gardner, Sebring, Crewsville, and Sweetwater.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 2719 8149 2719 8181 2779 8193 2776 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 194DEG 40KT 2743 8165

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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