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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
127 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-050000-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
127 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 220 IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PASCO...SUMTER...LEVY...CITRUS...HILLSBOROUGH...SARASOTA...
HERNANDO...POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...DE SOTO...PINELLAS...LEE...
CHARLOTTE AND MANATEE COUNTIES.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 219 ISSUED EARLIER. THIS NEW WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
EDT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
WHERE SOME MIDDAY SUNSHINE AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES WILL ACT TO
ENHANCE THESE STORMS.

BE READY TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

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

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