Issued by The National Weather Service
Tampa Bay/Ruskin, FL
5:18 pm EDT, Wed., May. 13, 2009
... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH... WILL AFFECT LEHIGH ACRES... FORT MYERS... TICE AND MORSE SHORES... UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
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. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.