Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 1999, 10:39 PM EST for Hillsborough County, Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 5 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
- Jan 2, 1999, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 1999, 11:40 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 10:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Anna Maria, FL | Thunderstorm winds caused minor roof, carport and lanai damage along State Road 64 from Anna Maria east to Bradenton. A few large trees and several branches were downed by thunderstorm winds in the 400 block of 34th Street West in Bradenton. |
| Jan 2, 11:22 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Tampa, FL | A National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a tornado initially touched down along North Street, one half mile south of Symmes Road in Gibsonton, or about nine miles southeast of downtown Tampa. The tornado moved northeast and sporadically touched |
| Jan 2, 11:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrish, FL | A Skywarn Spotter reported thunderstorm winds of up to 60 mph along U.S. Highway 301, four miles southwest of Parrish. A few large trees and several large branches were downed along U.S. Highway 301 by the thunderstorm winds. |
| Jan 2, 11:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Apollo Beach, FL | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a screened pool enclosure in Apollo Beach. |
| Jan 2, 11:35 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Tampa, FL | A tornado touched down along County Road 39, approximately 3.5 miles south of State Road 60, over rural, semi-wooded countryside of eastern Hillsborough county. The tornado snapped fourteen electric utility wood power poles nearly halfway up from the base bef |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Jan 2, 8:18 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 8:18 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL 818 PM EST SAT JAN 02 1999 PREFRONTAL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTS TO TREK EWD AT 30 MPH TOWARD PNSULA THIS EVE. SPC IS LIKELY TO ISSUE A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE N HALF OF FA INTO TNGT. WOULD OPT FOR SVR TSTM AS LIMITED DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SFC-5K WNDS IN 00Z RAOB...BUT WINDS BTWN 1K-5K AVG 30-35 KTS. CONCERN FROM HERE IS PREMISE FOR DAMAGING BOW ECHO WIND GUSTS AS LINE PROCEEDS INTO LEVY CO 9P-11P...TAMPA BAY 11P-1AM...AND FMY 3A-5AM. WILL AWAIT SPC TO DEFINE WATCH AREA BUT PRELIMINARY THOUGHT IS WATCH WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 9PM OR SO FOR THE AREA FROM MANATEE-HARDEE COS NWD. WILL ALSO UP POPS TO NR 100 PCT TNGT AS LOOKING LIKE EVERYBODY WILL GET WET OVERNGT AS JUICY DEW PTS IN THE MID 60S PREVAIL THRUOUT PNSULA. AS FAR A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WILL HOLD ONTO SUCH UNTIL PASSAGE OF TSTMS TO ASCERTAIN POST TSTM BNDRY WINDS...BUT SUSPECT SOME A WKR SWLY COMPONENT OF 10-15 KNTS. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ONLY ABOUTF ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED. DMR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 65 min |
| Jan 2, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus | 65 min |
| Jan 2, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 58 min |
| Jan 2, 10:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 11:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 64 min |
| Jan 2, 11:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands, Polk | 61 min |
| Jan 3, 12:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 48 min |
| Jan 3, 1:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.