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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 18, 1988Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1988, 6:09 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 1988, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 1988, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pinellas	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.