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

FLZ042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-272248-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
451 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IS CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

WINDS HAVE VEERED TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
HAS PERSISTED ACROSS AREAS FROM SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTY NORTHEAST
TO POLK COUNTY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE 3 PM.

SOUTHWEST WINDS PREVAIL FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH AT LEAST 15000
FEET...WHICH MAKES TORNADOES UNLIKELY.  HOWEVER...WINDS JUST OFF THE
SURFACE ARE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...WHICH COULD TRANSLATE TO THE SURFACE
IN ANY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OR STORMS.

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