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STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DESOTO... HARDEE... MANATEE... NORTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE... NORTHERN SARASOTA... NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS... POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...
AT 327 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DAVENPORT TO ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK TO LAKEWOOD RANCH... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HAINES CITY TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FISH HAWK TO 9 MILES EAST OF BRADENTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH... WILL AFFECT AUBURNDALE... CRYSTAL LAKE... LAKELAND HIGHLANDS AND WILLOW OAK... UNTIL 430 PM EST.
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. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.