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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 4, 1999Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 4:12 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
Jun 4, 1999, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1999, 4:55 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 4:15 PM EDTHail 0.75Brandon, FLDime sized hail was reported by the public on Causeway Boulevard in Brandon through Bay News Nine Cable of Pinellas Park.
Jun 4, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTampa, FLThe public reported, through WTSP-TV of St. Petersburg, that thunderstorm winds downed a large tree atop a house near State Road 580 (Busch Blvd) and 16th Street.
Jun 4, 4:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWimauma, FLThe public reported that thunderstorm winds tore off the metal porch roof of a residential home along State Road 674 in Wimauma.

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 Jun 4, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN FL
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999

IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON.
BOTH LAPS DATA AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW LIFTED INDICES AROUND -6.
THERE REMAINS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR AT THE MID LEVELS...
KEEPING THE THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS
OF THE AREA IN ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

MOST NOTABLE CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY (WHICH IS A BIT FARTHER EAST AT 2PM THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE AT THIS TIME).  ONE CELL IS ALSO FIRING IN EASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY.

SEVERAL ELEMENTS ARE COMING INTO PLAY FOR THE SHORT-TERM. FIRST...WE
HAVE THE NEARLY INEVITABLE SEA BREEZE COLLISION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA.  SECOND...
THE DRY AIR ALOFT IS THERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH.  THIRD...THE
SEA BREEZE COLLISION TODAY SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE MAXIMUM HEATING.
ALL OF THESE THINGS KEEP THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST RISK BEING ACROSS THE
NORTH...MAINLY LEVY...CITRUS...AND SUMTER COUNTIES. WITH THE NORTHERLY
STEERING FLOW PRESENT...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THESE CELLS FIRING OVER
THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AND PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD AS WE WORK TOWARD
EVENING. THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES MAY NOT BE TOTALLY OUT OF THE WOODS AS
THE RISK IS ALWAYS THERE WITH THE SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS THAT A STRONG
STORM OR TWO COULD SPIN-UP THERE AS WELL.

AS THE WEEKEND EVOLVES WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH A NUMBER OF FEATURES
AFFECTING OUR WEATHER.  THE MODELS HINT AT DROPING A WEAK SHORTWAVE
DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RIDGE ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO GIVE US A
LITTLE DYNAMICAL FORCING SATURDAY AND ADD TO THE CHANCE OF POPS
FOR ALL AREAS.

ON SUNDAY...A BROAD HIGH BUILDS OFF OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND PRESSURES
LOWER TO OUR SOUTH COURTESY OF A TROPICAL WAVE.  THIS WILL PICK UP
OUR EASTERLY FLOW QUITE A BIT. IT LOOKS AS IF THIS HIGH WILL ALSO
TRY TO SHOVE SOME DRIER AIR OVER FLORIDA ON SUNDAY. THE HIGH'S EFFORTS
MAY BE FOR NAUGHT HOWEVER...AS THE AVN WANTS TO DEVELOP A LOW OVER THE
BAHAMAS AND SPREAD PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER FLORIDA ON SUNDAY. AT THIS
EARLY STAGE WILL ADOPT A WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE AND SUGGEST KEEPING
30% POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND 20% ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS FOR
SUNDAY...BUT FIND IT HARD TO GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE TROPICAL
SYSTEM THIS EARLY IN THE GAME.

TPA  71/91/70/91  1412  (RECOMMEND MENTIONING EVEN POPS IN ZONES TNGT)
LAL  69/93/69/92  1412
FMY  73/92/74/93  1513

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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco38 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus44 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus24 hr
Jun 4, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus35 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk30 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands40 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus35 min
Jun 4, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands33 min
Jun 4, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWLee39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.