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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 27, 1998Citrus County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 4:22 PM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 27, 1998, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 5:10 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Citrus County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindInverness, FLThunderstorm winds damaged thirteen homes in the Citrus Hills subdivision. Six homes incurred minor to moderate roof and shingle damage while seven had minor damage to lanais and pool cages. Several large one to two foot wide oak trees were snapped at the ba
Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCrystal River, FLThunderstorm winds blew off the roof of a commercial building along U.S. Highway 19.

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 749 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco45 min
Jun 27, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee47 min
Jun 27, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough48 min
Jun 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco46 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.