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English: Preliminary top observed wind gusts (miles per hour; 1 mph = 1.6 km/h) during Hurricane Irma in Polk County, Florida. This file was made by the National Weather Service's Ruskin (Tampa Bay) office a few hours after Irma's passage and these preliminary measurements are subject to review, calibration of equipment, and other error corrections. Numbers in purple are hurricane force (74+ mph). Numbers in red are tropical storm force (39-73 mph).
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