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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL

519 PM EDT Fri May 9 2025

 

FLZ052-092145-

Polk FL-

519 PM EDT Fri May 9 2025



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY THROUGH

545 PM EDT...



At 519 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Combee Settlement, or over Lakeland, moving northeast at 20 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 

         possible.



Locations impacted include...

Fussels Corner, Auburndale, Winter Haven Airport, Polk City, Wahneta,

Winston, Combee Settlement, Kathleen, Eagle Lake, Lakeland Linder

Airport, Mulberry, Inwood, Highland City, Medulla, Dundee, Cypress

Gardens, Jan Phyl Village, Gibsonia, Bartow Municipal Airport, and

Winter Haven.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



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LAT...LON 2787 8200 2808 8206 2817 8206 2817 8208

      2820 8209 2835 8181 2800 8159

TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 242DEG 16KT 2805 8192 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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