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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 8, 1996Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1996, 2:25 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
Aug 8, 1996, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Aug 8, 2:25 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTampa, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough50 min
Aug 8, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough49 min
Aug 8, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco43 min

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.