NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FLSV.W 0037August 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lee, FL
The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Ruskin issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee in Florida, which was in force until 3:15 p.m. local time on August 29. It was the 37th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Tampa Bay Ruskin issued in 2026. Florida had 161 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 56 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Florida's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 33 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Area
- Lee
- State
- Florida
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:42 p.m. EDT, August 29, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. EDT, August 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTBW SV.W 0037
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida since 2008Every warning type in Florida
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The notice as issued
SVRTBW The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Lee County in southwestern Florida... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lovers Key State Park, or over Bonita Beach, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Bonita Springs, Fort Myers Beach, Lovers Key State Park, Estero, Bonita Beach, Punta Rassa, San Carlos Park, and Three Oaks.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida since 2008590 a year
- Every warning type in Florida
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels