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WWUS82 KTBW 100024
SPSTBW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
822 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005

FLZ057-100100-
HIGHLANDS-
822 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT RURAL SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS 
COUNTY...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...DRIFTING NORTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT 
AREAS EAST OF LAKE PLACID AND NORTH OF STATE ROAD 70...UNTIL 900 PM 
EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FREQUENT AND 
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN 
IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA 
SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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RJS