Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 16, 1998Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 16, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1998, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 8:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPlant City, FLThunderstorm winds downed several large trees in Plant City.
Aug 16, 8:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTampa, FLThunderstorm winds downed a large tree near the intersection of Interstate 275 and U.S. Highway 92 in Tampa.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas34 min
Aug 16, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.