Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 16, 1997Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 7:04 PM EDT for Pinellas 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
Aug 16, 1997, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1997, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Aug 16, 7:10 PM EDTHail 0.75St Petersburg, FLDime sized hail was reported near the intersections of State Road 693 with U.S. Highway Alternate 19 and 38 Street by Skywarn Spotters.
Aug 16, 7:29 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSt Petersburg, FLThunderstorm winds downed a few large trees at the Tyrone Square Mall near the intersection of U.S. Highway Alternate 19 and State Road 693.

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 16, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando34 min
Aug 16, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas39 min
Aug 16, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough49 min
Aug 16, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.