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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 3, 1996Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1996, 8:22 PM EDT for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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: May 3, 1996, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Hernando County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 May 3, 2:03 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:03 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
202 PM EDT FRI MAY 03 1996

88D ALREADY SHOWING CONVEC BUILDING ALONG THE CST OVR S FA AND ALSO
NEAR BRADENTON ALONG WK SEABRZ BNDRY. SAT LOOP REVEALS EAST CST SEABRZ
AND OUTFLO BNDRYS MOVING WEST AND WILL ADD TO FUN LATER THIS AFTN AND
EVENING AS THEY COLLIDE WITH WEST CST SEABRZ. TPA HAS GONE OVR TO BAY
BRZ AND WILL GO OVR TO TRUE SEABRZ BEFORE 4PM. EXPECT A BUSY LATE AFTN
AND EVENING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM...
ESPECIALLY S OF TAP...SINCE VWP AND SNDG SHOWING NO FLOW UP TO 15KFT.
SFC RDG FCST TO STAY OVER N FL. GENERALLY EASTERLY FLOW WITH AFTN WEST
CST SEABRZS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH DEEP MOISTURE...MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND SEABRZ FORCING....EXPECT CHC OF AFTN SHWS/TSTMS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. POPS CONTINUE TO LOOK TOO LOW IN THE
FWC...ESPECIALLY FOR FMY. SUGGEST CONTINUING TREND IN CURRENT FCST AND
KEEP 30-40% S FA AND 30% CENTRAL FA.

MOHRALES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	48 min

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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.