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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 16, 1996Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1996, 5:29 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1996, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 16, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.