Strong Storms Moving Quickly Across Charlotte & DeSoto Counties...

A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS...SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES FOR A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UNTIL 500 PM EDT. AT 405 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLACID LAKES TO TUCKERS CORNER OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PLACID TO 16 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGH ACRES MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT LAKE PLACID...TUCKERS CORNER...BABCOCK RANCH...NOCATEE...ARCADIA...AND FORT OGDEN. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND, SNAP TREE LIMBS, AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.