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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2000, 4:28 PM EDT for Pinellas 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
- Aug 6, 2000, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pinellas County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:34 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinellas Park, FL | The St. Petersburg Times reported that thunderstorm winds caused scattered downed trees, branches and powerlines from Pinellas Park to Clearwater. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804 WUUS52 KTBW 062029 SVRTBW FLC103-062100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 428 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PINELLAS COUNTY. * UNTIL 500 PM EDT. * AT 428 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM ACROSS PINELLAS COUNTY. THE SEVERE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE COAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEARWATER AND THE BEACHES BY 435 PM. $$ LAT...LON 2817 8282 2773 8291 2771 8265 2817 8267 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 Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 230 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2000 CURRENTLY...THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY QUICKLY MOVING NW THROUGH OUR SOUTHERN AND INTERIOR ZONES ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN END OF EASTERLY WAVE IN THE SE GULF COMBINED WITH HEATING AND SEABREEZE BOUNDARY CONVERGENCE. MODELS HAVE THIS ACTIVITY MOVING OVER CWA THRU 03Z. THEN A RAPID DRYING ON MON AS SEEN IN MEAN RH FIELDS AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. UPPER RIDGE TO REMAIN OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WITH SFC RIDGE AXIS IN PLACE OVER N FL. TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE S FL PENINSULA LATE TUE. LONG RANGE MODELS HAVE AN EASTERLY WAVE APPROACHING FL WED AND MOVING OVER THE PENINSULA THRU FRI WHICH WILL MAKE EXTENDED INTERESTING...IF THIS SCENARIO ACTUALLY PLAYS OUT. BLEND OF GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. MARINE...SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER THE NORTH GULF WATERS TO CONTINUE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EXTENDED TO SHIFT WINDS AND INCREASE SEAS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: TPA BB 076/093 076/094 4213 FMY BB 075/093 075/094 4214 .TBW...NONE. RD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 39 min |
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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.