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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 10, 1999Charlotte County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1999, 4:49 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
May 10, 1999, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1999, 5:50 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Charlotte County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 5:06 PM EDTHail 0.88Punta Gorda, FLNickel sized hail was reported by the public through the Charlotte County Sheriffs Office.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 1999-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 681 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 1999-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
May 9, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte46 min
May 10, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco46 min
May 10, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough48 min
May 10, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco63 min
May 10, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough63 min
May 10, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee64 min
May 10, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee61 min
May 10, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus64 min
May 10, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands58 min
May 10, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.