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SPSTBW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
1128 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

FLZ052-056-057-061-101615-
DeSoto FL-Highlands FL-Polk FL-Hardee FL-
1128 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HIGHLANDS...SOUTHEASTERN
HARDEE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND EASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 1215
PM EDT...

At 1128 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Sebring to 9 miles west of Lake Placid to
15 miles west of Venus. Movement was northeast at 40 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...
Sebring Regional Airport, River Ranch, Cornwell, Sylvan Shores, Lake
Istokpoga, Avon Park, Sebring Shores, Lake Josephine, Placid Lakes,
Archbold, Lorida, Avon Park Executive Airport, Avon Park Air Force
Range, Sebring, Crewsville, and Lake Placid.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2705 8167 2728 8166 2758 8155 2781 8121
      2765 8113 2760 8114 2755 8121 2749 8121
      2744 8114 2741 8114 2739 8112 2738 8107
      2736 8103 2734 8105 2730 8101 2726 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 235DEG 34KT 2754 8146 2734 8151 2712 8159

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

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