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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 25, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Alva, FL | Golfball sized hail was reported by the public, through WINK-TV of Ft. Myers, in Alva. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 252116 SVRTBW FLC071-252145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 515 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN LEE COUNTY. * UNTIL 545 PM EDT. * AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...5 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGH ACRES...MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... LEHIGH ACRES AND ALVA . SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. $$ LAT...LON 2676 8156 2676 8178 2655 8166 2656 8157 15 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 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 205 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2000 CURRENTLY: IN PAST HR...88D HAS BEEN SHOWING SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WCENT FA...MAINLY ALONG INTERIOR COASTAL COUNTIES SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TOWARD THE NE. AS EXPECTED...CONVECTION OVER THE E GULF WATERS CONTINUES TO DIE DOWN. SFC STREAMLINE ANAL SHOWING BEST CONFLUENCE SETTING UP OVER THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA. REST OF TODAY: EXPECT SHOWERS/TSTMS TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE...BUT BECOMING LESS LIKELY AS STORMS SEEM TO BE MOVING ENE...WITH LITTLE TRAINING. DISC: MODELS SHOWING SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND IN POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD AS DEEP UPPER TROF WEST OF THE AREA WEAKENS...AND DEEP LAYER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE PENINSULA. VERY WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH AFTN SEABRZS EXPECTED FOR WED AS SFC RIDGE SITS OVER THE CENT FA. BY THURS...SFC RIDGE AXIS MOVES TOWARD N FL WITH WEAK ENE LOW LEVEL SYNOPTIC FLOW. GRAD WILL STILL BE WEAK ENOUGH THURS FOR AFTN SEABRZS. EXPECTING SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS INTERIOR FOR WED (50-60%) AS WEST COAST SEABRZ SHOULD PUSH WELL INLAND...POSSIBLY MEETING WITH LATE DAY EAST COAST SEABRZ. WILL ALSO TRY MORNING/EARLY AFTN POP WORDING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES FOR WED. BY THURS...COULD BE ENOUGH EASTERLY SYNOPTIC LOW LEVEL FLOW TO HELP FOCUS BEST COVERAGE BACK TOWARD THE WEST COAST BY AFTN...WITH LITTLE/NO MORNING WEST COAST SHOWERS EXPECTED. WILL KEEP CHC/GOOD CHC POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...CLOSE TO CLIMO. MAX TEMPS SHOULD CREEP BACK TOWARD 90 AS CONVECTION TRENDS MORE TOWARD AFTN. EXTENDED: MRF KEEPS SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER N FL THROUGH SUN...WHICH WILL MAINTAIN LOW LEVEL ESE FLOW AND AFTN CONVECTION FOCUS TOWARD THE WEST COAST. MARINE: WITH SFC RIDGE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN WATERS...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY WITH TIME. HOWEVER...SPEEDS WILL REMAIN 15 KTS OR LESS...WITH AFTN ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE COAST. PRELIM S: TPA BB 073/090 073/092 073 3425 FMY BB 073/091 073/093 074 4536= .TBW...NONE. MORALES
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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.