Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 23, 1995DeSoto County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 6:05 AM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County DeSoto County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 2:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:00 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-241530-

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
600 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE...AND A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRIGGER THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN CAUSING
LOCAL STREET FLOODING. FORTUNATELY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT REACH
FRIDAYS LEVELS SO WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND HAIL. THESE WILL MOST LIKELY
OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES THE INSTABILITY
IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

ALSHEIMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte60 min
Jun 23, 9:38 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

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