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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 17, 1995Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1995, 3:08 PM EST for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 1995, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 172011 RRA
SVRTBW
FLC081-115-FLZ504-172115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
308 PM EST FRI MAR 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...MANATEE COUNTY...NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY
 
  AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...
 
   ...LONG BOAT KEY  TO  VENICE
 
AT 305 PM EST...NATIONAL SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10
MILES WEST OF LONGBOAT KEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE BETWEEN SARASOTA AND
BRADENTON BY 325 PM EST.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MILES AN
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD.
 
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE CAN DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
SHORELINE RESIDENTS SHOULD BLE ON THE ALERT FOR THIS DANGER
WHENEVER WATERSPOUTS ARE SIGHTED.
 
 
ZALESKI

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, Mar 17, 11:00 AM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-180010-

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1100 AM EST FRI MAR 17 1995

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND ALONG THE
SEA BREEZE.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER
LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA.  BECAUSE OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BUT SMALL TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULLED
OUT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY ADVERSE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
SOBIEN
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 11:05 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-180010-

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1100 AM EST FRI MAR 17 1995

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND ALONG THE
SEA BREEZE.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER
LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA.  BECAUSE OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BUT SMALL TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULLED
OUT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY ADVERSE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
SOBIEN

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.