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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 30, 1996Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 4:37 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1996, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 4:39 PM EDTHail 0.75Ft Myers, FL
Jul 30, 4:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Ft Myers, FL
Jul 30, 4:43 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Ft Myers, FL
Jul 30, 4:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Ft Myers, FL
Jul 30, 4:51 PM EDTHail 0.75Ft Myers, FL
Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindFt Myers, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

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