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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 20, 1999DeSoto County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1999, 8:29 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 20, 1999, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 1999, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

County DeSoto County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 20, 8:32 PM EDT	Hail 1	Arcadia, FL	Quarter sized hail was reported by the public at the former Bright Hour Ranch Airport near State Road 70 eight miles southeast of Arcadia.

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 May 20, 7:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 7:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 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, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Highlands	32 min
May 21, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee	34 min
May 21, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	35 min
May 21, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	35 min
May 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	29 min
May 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pinellas	29 min
May 21, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Sarasota	32 min
May 21, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	32 min
May 21, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	32 min
May 21, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Charlotte	31 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto	47 min
May 21, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	DeSoto	45 min
May 21, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hardee	50 min
May 21, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	57 min
May 21, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pinellas	33 min
May 21, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Sumter	45 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.