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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: Re: GFS forecasting 4 to 5 more gulf systems
Special Weather Statement - Lee (Florida)
Updated: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:44:52
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SARASOTA...LEE...
CHARLOTTE...SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHERN HARDEE AND DESOTO
COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE MENTIONED
AREA INCLUDING PORT CHARLOTTE...PINE LEVEL...BOCA GRANDE...
FORT OGDEN AND ARCADIA
...UNTIL NOON EST.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 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.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast - Lee (Florida)
Updated: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:44:52
AS WELL AS NEAR NORTH PORT...ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...AND
FORT MYERS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: GFS forecasting 4 to 5 more gulf systems
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
- UPDATE 111 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
UPDATED TO INCLUDE FATALITIES/INJURIES REMARKS ..PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRENELEFE IN POLK COUNTY CONCLUDED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO MADE TOUCHDOWN ON MARCH 11.
DATE:MARCH 11 2010 TIME:4:47 - 4:57 PM
STRENGTH:EF-1 (ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH)
LOCATION:ABOUT 4.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAINES CITY FL
BEGAN: 28.069 LAT -81.559 LON
ENDED: 28.071 LAT -81.536 LON
PATH LENGTH 1.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 70 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... 28 BUILDINGS DAMAGED...8 OF THE BUILDINGS WERE MULTIFAMILY CONDOS. 5 BUILDINGS UNINHABITABLE. ONE BUILDING HAS ROOF/WALL GONE. ROOF HELD ON WITH NAILS...NOT HURRICANE STRAPS. MOSTLY UPLIFT OF ROOF DECKS...PARTIAL LOSS OF ROOFS...FAILURE OF PORCHES... NUMEROUS TREES RIPPED APART.
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