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WWUS82 KTBW 021743
SPSTBW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
143 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016
 
FLZ155-160-255-260-021830-
INLAND MANATEE FL-INLAND SARASOTA FL-COASTAL MANATEE FL-
COASTAL SARASOTA FL-
143 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA AND MANATEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 142 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LAKEWOOD RANCH...OR 9 MILES EAST OF BRADENTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SARASOTA...BRADENTON...PALMETTO...LAKEWOOD RANCH...RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS...
LAKE SARASOTA...KENSINGTON PARK...SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT...PARRISH...
NORTH SARASOTA...SOUTH GATE RIDGE...MEMPHIS...ELLENTON...SOUTHGATE...
SARASOTA SPRINGS...SOUTH BRADENTON...THE MEADOWS...WEST SAMOSET...SOUTH
SARASOTA AND WHITFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 2750 8261 2753 8264 2758 8256 2758 8257
      2755 8263 2764 8246 2763 8211 2738 8207
      2726 8254 2742 8267 2728 8254 2729 8254
      2740 8257 2746 8270 2750 8265 2752 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 293DEG 53KT 2745 8243 

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