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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
500 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1999

A MOIST UNSTABLE WESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE EAST ONTO FLORIDA'S WEST COAST AND
INLAND TODAY. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH PRECIPITATION AREAS DIMINISHING AND
MOVING OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 30 MPH... AND DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. HEAVIER LOCAL RAINFALL
TOTALS MAY RANGE TWO TO THREE INCHES OR MORE.

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