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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 13, 2000Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 6:43 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 13, 2000, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Pasco County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:58 PM EDTThunderstorm WindZephyrhills, FLA public utility company reported that thunderstorm winds downed power lines and a few large trees along the 3300 block of State Road 54 in Zephyrhills.

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, 10.7 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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.

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 132242
SVRTBW
FLC101-132315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
643 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER
  SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  WESLEY CHAPEL BY 640 PM EDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND
LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS.

$$

LAT...LON 2818 8238 2819 8225 2837 82#30 2836 8248

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough25 min
Jun 13, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough25 min
Jun 13, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough44 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.