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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 8, 1995Charlotte County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 3:13 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 1995, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 1995, 3:41 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDT, 19 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDT, 19 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
730 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1995

MORE ACTIVE RADAR SITUATION TONITE AS WIDLY SCT RASH/TSTMS DVLPG ALNG
COAST FROM TAMPA BAY SWRDS. EARLIER STRONG TSTMS OVR LEVY/CITRUS CTYS
HAVE MOVD EWRD TWRDS ATL COAST SO WL DROP POPS GRP 1 TNGT. WIDELY SCT
RASH/TSTMS OVR SO CENT FL AS WELL. THESE ALNG WITH WEST CENT STORMS ALL
MOVG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH. SOME CELLS SHO EXPLOSIVE PULSE TYPE
GROWTH WITH MAX TOPS OVR 50K FT. EXPCT FURTHER DVLPMT LATER THIS EVE AS
EAST COAST SEABRZ REACHES GULF BEACHES...ESPLY IN SW FL.

FOR TOMORROW...DO INDEED EXPCT GULF SEABRZ BUT WONDER HOW MUCH COOLER
IT WILL BE FOR AFTN HIGHS CONSIDERING GULF WATER TEMPS NR 88 DEGREES
FROM VENICE SOUTH AND 86-87 DEG IN TAMPA BAY. MID 90S AGAIN A GUD BET.

@1 LEVY CITRUS HERNANDO
@2 PASCO PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE SARASOTA
@3 HARDEE DESOTO POLK HIGHLANDS SUMTER
@4 CHARLOTTE LEE
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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 7, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	60 min
Jul 8, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	62 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995 Every 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.