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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 24, 1990Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1990, 6:09 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1990, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Highlands County, FL

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Highlands, FL
Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Highlands, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3557 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee62 min

Nearby

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Sources

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