Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 21, 1998Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1998, 2:04 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Apr 21, 1998, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1998, 3:05 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 21, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte49 min
Apr 21, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.