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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2000, 7:40 PM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 5, 2000, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Zolfo Spgs, FL | A local utility reported that thunderstorm winds snapped several wooden power poles eight miles east of Zolfo Springs along State Road 66. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTBW 052340 SVRTBW FLC049-060030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 740 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HARDEE COUNTY. * UNTIL 830 PM EDT. * AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER EASTERN HARDEE COUNTY...NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL EASTERN HARDEE COUNTY. RURAL SOUTHEASTERN HARDEE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. $$ LAT...LON 2759 8159 2759 8171 2736 8171 2736 8157 57 NNNN
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 Jul 5, 3:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 305 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2000 ACTIVITY NOW FIRING RATHER EARLY ALONG GULF COAST AS WCSB PUSHES ONSHORE...IN FACT SOME OF THE TSTM OVER PINELLAS CNTY WERE HEAVY ENOUGH TO REQUIRE AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE FAVORED A AVN/NGM BLEND AS MODEL OF CHOICE. HOWEVER...12Z AVN RUN IS SUSPECT WITH IT'S DEEPENING OF THE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH EAST COAST COLD FRONT LATE IN THE PD. WILL DROP BACK TO THE NGM-ETA. BROAD H5 RDG OVER SOUTHERN CONUS SLIDES WEST AND BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH FLOW ALOFT BACKING FROM NE TO NORTHERLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WHICH WILL HELP SLIDE A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS FROM NORTH FL INTO SOUTH FL THURSDAY AND A WEAK FRONT/ WITH A SFC LOW OVR THE ATLANTIC INTO NORTH FL FRI. AS THE RDG MOVES OVER THE CWFA WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM VARIABLE TO WESTERLY FOR AREA BEGINNING THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. IN THIS FLOW PATTERN PCPN WILL SHIFT FROM AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING( FOR TODAY) TO MORNING ACTIVITY ALONG GULF COAST THAT PUSHES INLAND DURING THE DAY. BETWEEN WESTERLY FLOW AND RDGG ALOFT WOULD EXPECT SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS SO WILL BUMP UP FWC TEMPS( WHICH HAVE BEEN DOING FINE ) 1-2 DEG. PWATS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AREAS REMAIN IN THE 1 3/4 TO 2 IN RANGE WHILE THE NORTH WHICH IS IN DRYER AIR( AS NOTED ON THE STLT WATER VAPOR ) INCREASES TO ABOUT 2 IN EARLY FRI AS THE FRONT DROPS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THIS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED PCPN(30-50%) WITH COVERAGE AS NOTED EARLIER( MORNING COAST MOVING INTERIOR AFTERNOON). IN THE EXTENDED...LATE SEASON FRONTAL SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN THE STATE LATE FRI/EARLY SAT WITH HIGH PRESS BUILDING IN FROM LATE SAT INTO MON. WILL GENERALLY STAY CLOSE TO MRF AND PREVIOUS SHIFT'S EXTENDED FCST. THANKS FOR COORD MLB. PRELIM NUMBERS TPA BB 75/91 75/91 74 2324 FMY BB 74/92 74/92 73 2324 .TBW...NONE 09
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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.