SVSTBW
FLC027-271700-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1135 AM EST THU MAR 27 2003

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DESOTO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 1135 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM.  STAY 
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE 
WARNINGS.

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