STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LEE...CHARLOTTE...HIGHLANDS...AND DESOTO COUNTIES...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SARASOTA...
NORTHEASTERN LEE...CHARLOTTE...SOUTHERN POLK...HIGHLANDS...EASTERN
HARDEE AND DESOTO COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ZOLFO SPRINGS TO 8 MILES EAST OF BOCA GRANDE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF WAUCHULA TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PUNTA GORDA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT ZOLFO
SPRINGS...PUNTA GORDA...PORT CHARLOTTE AND FORT OGDEN...UNTIL 900 AM
EST.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 136 AND 170.

GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 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. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY
RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER
VEHICLES.