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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 30, 1998Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 6:29 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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 30, 1998, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 6:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Lakeland, FLA thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was observed at the Lakeland Municipal Airport. Nearly 15,000 homes and businesses lost electrical power from wind blown branches that fell atop and downed power lines in Lakeland.

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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1592 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 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
1592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-58 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 30, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee43 min
Jun 30, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk40 min
Jun 30, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee28 min
Jun 30, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk37 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.