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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 10, 1997Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1997, 5:25 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 10, 1997, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1997, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 5:30 PM EDTHail 0.88Cape Coral, FLNickel to dime sized hail was observed in Cape Coral.
Jul 10, 5:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCape Coral, FLThunderstorm winds damaged a few pool enclosures on SE 33rd Terrace in Cape Coral. A few trees and power lines were also downed by the thunderstorm wind.

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 nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1997-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2012 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 1997-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.