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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 20, 1999Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1999, 3:30 PM EDT for Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: May 20, 1999, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 1999, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Levy County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.

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 May 20, 3:15 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:15 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	32 min
May 20, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando	32 min
May 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco	33 min
May 20, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto	32 min
May 20, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	28 min
May 20, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1999 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.