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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 12, 2000Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 5:37 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Jun 12, 2000, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Pasco County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSan Antonio, FLThe Withlacoochee Power Company reported several downed power lines from thunderstorm winds in San Antonio.

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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

274 
WUUS52 KTBW 122137
SVRTBW
FLC101-122200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
537 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY.

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  SAN ANTONIO.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

$$

LAT...LON 2825 8231 2831 8223 2843 8228 2835 8240

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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 Jun 12, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
250 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2000

CURRENTLY...CONVECTION IS A LITTLE SLOW IN DEVELOPING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT WITH GOES SOUNDING DATA INDICATING PWS 2 AND LIS
AROUND -1...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS SHOULD STILL FIRE OFF THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY AS MESO-SCALE BOUNDARY
INTERACTIONS BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE...THUS WILL WORD FOR EVENING CHANCE
CATEGORY POPS...BEFORE CONVECTION FINALLY BEGINS TO WIND DOWN LATE
TONIGHT.

FORECAST...MODELS CONTINUE IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT
TO SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. UPPER LOW AND
ATTENDANT WEAK INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH REFLECTION OVER THE SRN GULF
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE W-NWWD THROUGH TUESDAY TAKING WITH IT DEEPEST
MOISTURE AXIS. UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS OVER THE ATLANTIC NEXT DAY
OR SO WITH DRYING WEDGE PROGD TO WORK ITS WAY WEST INTO THE CENTRAL
FA ON WEDNESDAY. MODELS DIFFER SOME WITH JUST HOW FAR WEST THE DRIER
AIR WILL MAKE IT...BUT THERE SHOULD STILL BE ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST
SEA BREEZE BOUNDARYS TO WARRANT KEEPING POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY
ON TUESDAY...WITH A SUBTLE DECREASE IN POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. WITH THE EAST AND WEST COAST BOUNDARIES WORKING THERE WAY
INLAND WILL WORD FOR HIGHEST POPS INTERIOR ZONES NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS.
GUIDANCE TEMPS FAIRLY CLOSE...SO A BLEND WILL BE USED.

EXTENDED...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SURFACE HIGH WILL DRIFT SLOWLY
NORTH WHICH WILL FAVOR A SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW REGIME WITH AFTERNOON
INTERIOR CONVECTION WORKING ITS WAY BACK TOWARD THE WEST COAST DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...SO PLAN TO KEEP SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING POP WORDING GOING THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

MARINE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH AFTERNOON
SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING NEAR SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
TPA BB 073/090 074/091 075 573433
FMY BB 073/092 074/093 074 574433

.TBW..NONE.

MCMICHAEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee45 min
Jun 12, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSarasota37 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSumter36 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.