Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 4:09 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
- Jul 5, 1998, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1998, 4:40 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 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Petersburg, FL | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a commercial building, a few mobile homes and carports on 28th Street and downed a few large trees on 31st Street, 46th and 54 Avenues in St. Petersburg. |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | St Petersburg, FL | Dime sized hail was reported at the corner of 28th Street and 58th Avenue. Also, dime sized hail was observed on Chrissman Road in St. Petersburg. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.