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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 20, 1998Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1998, 1:54 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 20, 1998, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 1998, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 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 17:56 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 20, 2:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa, FL	Tampa Electric Company reported that thunderstorm winds downed a power pole and several power lines in the Forest Hills area of Tampa.
Aug 20, 2:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa, FL	The Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees in the Town n' Country area of 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.

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 Aug 19, 7:05 PM EDT, 18 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 7:05 PM EDT, 18 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pinellas	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1998 Every 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.