Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2000, 4:48 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pasco County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson, FL | The Pasco County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few trees, several large branches and few power lines near the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and Flounder Road in Hudson. |
| Aug 6, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | New Port Richey, FL | The public reported nickel sized hail, through Bay News Nine Cable of Pinellas Park, in New Port Richey. |
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, 8.8 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.
- 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.
045 WUUS52 KTBW 062050 SVRTBW FLC101-062115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 448 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN PASCO COUNTY. * UNTIL 515 PM EDT. * AT 448 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY INCLUDING NEW PORT RICHEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... MOON LAKE ESTATES AND HUDSON. $$ LAT...LON 2819 8278 2819 8244 2840 8247 2847 8303 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, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 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, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 39 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.