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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 17, 1999Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1999, 3:58 PM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 17, 1999, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1999, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Sarasota County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNokomis, FLThe Sarasota Sheriffs Department reported thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines along King Street in Nokomis, along Giblin Drive near Acorn Street in Englewood and along Alhambra Road and Lisbon Street in Venice.

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 nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Aug 16, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee47 min
Aug 16, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas45 min
Aug 17, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough42 min
Aug 17, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee38 min
Aug 17, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough47 min
Aug 17, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk45 min
Aug 17, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.