1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Tampa radar (KTBW), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a mobile home in the Colonial Mobile Home Park and downed several trees and power lines in Palmetto. Thunderstorm winds also damaged the roof of a home on 50th Avenue West along the Manatee River and damaged a few carports at the Shadow Brook Mobile Home Park in Ellenton.
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