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WWUS82 KTBW 271913
SPSTBW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
212 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLZ042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-272300-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
212 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA BETWEEN SARASOTA AND POLK COUNTY...INCLUDING MUCH OF
MANATEE AND POLK COUNTIES.  

THOUGH STORMS HAVE REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THERE REMAINS THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AS WELL AS ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALONG THE LINE THROUGH AT LEAST 330 PM.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

FARTHER NORTH...MORE FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR AND SOME BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS COULD ALLOW ISOLATED ROTATING STORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH AT
LEAST 330 PM. THIS AREA INCLUDES MOST OF THE NATURE COAST AND SUMTER
COUNTY. 

RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO
THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY SHOULD TORNADO OR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON.  

SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVATED.  AMATEUR RADIO STATION
WX4TBW CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
UPDATES.

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FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

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