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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 3, 1998Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1998, 8:08 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 1998, 8:08 AM EDT (12:08 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 1998, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

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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 Sep 3, 2:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 2:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-031500-

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
528 AM EDT THU SEP 3 1998

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO THE ANCLOTE KEYS...
...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE ANCLOTE KEYS
   TO ENGLEWOOD...

AT 525 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM AROUND
THE GAINESVILLE AREA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH CITRUS COUNTY...THEN
EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
THIS LINE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO
50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WITHIN THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS...CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT. AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES OVER LAND AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY OVER LEVY AND
CITRUS COUNTIES...WHERE TIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO BE ABOUT
6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST STORM TIDES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...COINCIDING WITH THE NEXT ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE. SEE THE LASTEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE TAMPA BAY
OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. COASTAL RESIDENTS FROM NLEVY COUNTY TO
SARASOTA COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS...AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

MORALES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 5:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Citrus	33 min
Sep 3, 7:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.