Expires:202507142330;Remove:202507142330;448821 WWUS82 KTBW 142243 SPSTBW Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL 643 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025 FLZ050-052-056-057-061-148-149-151-155-249-251-255-262-142330- DeSoto FL-Inland Manatee FL-Coastal Hillsborough FL-Polk FL- Coastal Pasco FL-Highlands FL-Inland Pasco FL-Coastal Hernando FL- Inland Charlotte FL-Coastal Manatee FL-Pinellas FL-Hardee FL- Inland Hillsborough FL- 643 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN HIGHLANDS...WESTERN PASCO...SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO...HARDEE...MANATEE...PINELLAS... NORTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWESTERN POLK...HILLSBOROUGH AND DESOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... At 643 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Lake Placid to near Macdill Air Force Base to near Weeki Wachee Gardens. Movement was south at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Belleair Bluffs, Palm Harbor, South Tampa, Lake Manatee State Park, New Port Richey East, Sawgrass Lake Park, Limestone, Belleair Beach, Plant City Airport, Lake Josephine, Tampa Executive Airport, Placid Lakes, Winston, Fort Meade, Downtown Saint Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Tampa International Airport, Highpoint, Orient Park, and East Lake-Orient Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 2828 8280 2859 8276 2868 8265 2849 8258 2843 8260 2843 8256 2804 8242 2809 8198 2739 8130 2703 8132 2703 8156 2690 8157 2758 8257 2761 8278 2786 8291 2822 8291 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 011DEG 18KT 2718 8144 2781 8248 2854 8266 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ TBW