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WWUS82 KTBW 050208
SPSTBW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1007 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005

FLZ056-061-062-050245-
CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-
1007 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND WESTRERN SECTIONS OF 
HARDEE DESOTO AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTHWEST...WILL AFFECT 
GARDNER...FORT OGDEN...BABCOCK RANCH...LILY...BROWNVILLE...NOCATEE...
TUCKERS CORNER...AND ARCADIA...UNTIL 1045 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 
40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL 
OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. 
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE 
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL.

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JCM