055 FPUS72 KTBW 072317 NOWTBW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 717 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2002 FLZ051-052-080000- HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- 717 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2002 .NOW... A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS POLK COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM THAT ORIGINATED OVER LAKE COUNTY IS NOW AFFECTING MULBERRY AND BARTOW AND WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWEST ACROSS BRADLEY JUNCTION AND FORT MEADE BY 730 PM. ANOTHER SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY WILL CROSS INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEAR HILLSBOROUGH STATE PARK AND PLANT CITY BY 740 PM. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. $$ LOEPER