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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
245 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

FLZ061-162-262-081930-
DESOTO-INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
245 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHERN
DESOTO COUNTIES...

AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR BABCOCK WEBB WMA...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
PUNTA GORDA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE COUNTY 
AIRPORT...BABCOCK WEBB WMA...TROPICAL GULF ACRES...BABCOCK RANCH AND 
NOCATEE...UNTIL 330 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA
SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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LAT...LON 2724 8194 2718 8156 2678 8173 2678 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 191DEG 4KT 2691 8188

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