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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 27, 2000Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 3:38 PM EST for Polk 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
Mar 27, 2000, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2000, 4:10 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 3:50 PM ESTThunderstorm WindBabson Park, FLThunderstorm downburst winds uprooted two large palm trees in Babson Park.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2000-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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 2000-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 272038
SVRTBW
FLC105-272110-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
338 PM EST MON MAR 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 410 PM EST

* AT 335 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF BARTOW. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL CONTINUE EAST ALONG STATE ROAD 60...REACHING THE
  LAKE WALES AREA BY 3:50 PM.

MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR
LOCATION. MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. REMEMBER...$SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 11:36 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee34 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.