NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FLSV.W 0005May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hernando, Pasco and Sumter, FL
The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Ruskin issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hernando, Pasco and Sumter in Florida, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 5th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Tampa Bay Ruskin issued in 2026. Florida had 68 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 81 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Florida's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Area
- Hernando, Pasco and Sumter
- State
- Florida
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:06 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTBW SV.W 0005
- 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... Southern Sumter County in central Florida... Eastern Pasco County in west central Florida... Southeastern Hernando County in west central Florida... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 705 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dade City, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Zephyrhills, Brooksville, Dade City, Ridge Manor, St. Leo, San Antonio, Webster, Saint Leo, Zephyrhills North, and Hill n Dale.
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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels