Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1997, 5:09 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 24, 1997, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1997, 5:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Punta Gorda, FL | A short-lived tornado uprooted several trees, damaged a glass business sign, shattered windows in a few businesses and toppled a few billboards near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Sibley Road in Charlotte Harbor. |
| Jul 24, 5:32 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Port Charlotte, FL | Golfball sized hail was reported at Veterans Boulevard and Atwater Street in Port Charlotte. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 68 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.