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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 9, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1998, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Coral, FL | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines over southern portions of Cape Coral. Thunderstorm winds also downed a large tree limb from an Australian pine tree which crushed the roof of a station wagon in Sanibel. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 45 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.