Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1998, 2:38 PM EST for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 16, 1998, 2:38 PM EST (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1998, 3:10 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:50 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Lakeland, FL | |
| Feb 16, 3:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Haines City, FL | Thunderstorm winds downed several power lines in the Haines City and Davenport areas. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 16, 9:35 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:35 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 80 min |
| Feb 15, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 9:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 1:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 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.