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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1223 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 1220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CYPRESS GARDENS...OR
  NEAR WINTER HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CYPRESS GARDENS.
  HAINES CITY

WIND GUSTS TO 73 MPH HAVE BEEN MEASURED AT WINTER HAVEN AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

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LAT...LON 2801 8138 2803 8142 2800 8142 2798 8170
      2817 8172 2818 8151 2814 8151 2814 8146
      2813 8145 2809 8144 2809 8135 2805 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 261DEG 49KT 2803 8165

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