Special Weather Statement
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Polk County Through 530 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 454 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 11 miles southeast of Lake Wales, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lake Wales, Poinciana, Crooked Lake Park, Frostproof, Hillcrest Heights, Highland Park, Indian Lake Estates, and Babson Park.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Polk County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M309JGV8PZRFZRPYR2RZBKZ2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c89dde8cf6632d87d3a812ddb0739a6dc0c484d2.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTBW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4719
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KTBW 202054 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T20:54:00-00:00...storm...206DEG...19KT...27.81,-81.46 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Polk County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012105 |
| UGC | FLZ052 |
- Polygons
- 27.65,-81.35 27.77,-81.65 28.14,-81.49 28.14,-81.46 28.09,-81.45 28.08,-81.35 28.07,-81.35 28.07,-81.37 28.04,-81.36 28.01,-81.38 28.06,-81.45 28.04,-81.46 28.0,-81.42 28.0,-81.39 27.95,-81.34 27.94,-81.35 27.92,-81.31 27.86,-81.31 27.84,-81.25 27.65,-81.35