Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 1997, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Pinellas County, FL

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
513 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION(S)

IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...PINELLAS COUNTY


FOR MARINERS ON THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM
   ...ANCLOTE KEY TO THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY
 
AT 510 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF CLEARWATER MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CLEARWATER               AROUND 510 PM EDT
DUNEDIN                  AROUND 530 PM EDT
OLDSMAR                  AROUND 531 PM EDT

AT 510 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ROUTE 19 AND DREW STREET.
 
BY DEFINITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AND/OR DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOU
AREA...GO INDOORS AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 2:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
250 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 1997

SUGGESTIONS...EVG POPS 40% TIL MID-EVG CSTL/30% INLAND TIL EARLY EVG.
WEDNESDAY...50% CSTL/30-40% INLAND. THURSDAY...30-40% AREA WIDE.

DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY SHWRS & TSTMS TREKKING TOWARD THE FCST AREA. SEA
BREEZE JUST GETTING GOING RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. SHOULD ONLY MAKE ITS WAY
ABOUT 5 MILES INLAND...AND THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS AS STORMS FIRST REACH
FMY AREA THEN RIPPLE NORTHWARD UP THE COAST...AFFECTING VENICE-SRQ-PIE-
TPA-RRF STARTING ABOUT 5PM AND ENDING ABOUT 7PM. PROBABLE RAIN TOTALS TO
2IN IN LOCAL SPOTS IN THAT "HOT ZONE". LEFTOVER LGHT RAIN FOR CSTL AREAS
SHOULD BE GONE BY 9PM (EXCEPT AGREE W/JAX & TLH THAT SOME LEFTOVER PRECIP
MAY LINGER TIL 11P IN BIG BEND FROM ACTIVITY WHICH WORKED ITS WAY NORTH
UP THE COAST)...THEN CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY...MODELS STILL HINTING THAT COMBINATION OF SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
FROM THE EAST ALONG WITH RIDGE SINKING ON TOP OF US WILL BE LEADING TO
SLIGHTLY LOWER PRECIP COVERAGE. STILL SOUTHEAST FLOW WEDNESDAY...SO
ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE AFT/EVG TSTMS FOCUSED ON WEST COAST.
.THURSDAY...RIDGE A LITTLE STRONGER AND FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS N-CNTRL
FL. AS MLB ALREADY POINTED OUT...STEERING FLOW MAY BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY
THUS DUAL SEA BREEZE PATTERN SHOULD SET UP. MAY BE LITTLE LESS STORMS
AROUND AS STABILITY INCREASES SLIGHTLY. STILL...WILL BE ABLE TO CALL
IT A "TYPICAL" SUMMER DAY.

TEMPERATURE/POP THOUGHTS...
 BKV 71/92/72/94 4533   TPA 73/92/73/93 4534   FMY 74/94/74/95 3533

NASH

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

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