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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 25, 2001Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2001, 5:49 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 25, 2001, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 6:06 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPort Richey, FLNational Weather Service damage survey concluded that straight-line thunderstorm winds, estimated between 60 and 65 mph, downed over 100 large trees, several branches, numerous power lines and caused minor roof and lanai damage along a one half mile long by tw
Jul 25, 6:21 PM EDTThunderstorm WindHudson, FLNational Weather Service damage survey concluded that straight-line thunderstorm winds, estimated at 55 to 60 mph, caused damage to the tin roof of a home, downed a few large trees and several large branches on Lynway Road. Survey indicated that most of the t

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2001-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 252150
SVRTBW

FLC053-101-252215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
549 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  WESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FROM 7 MILES    
  EAST OF ARIPEKA TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUDSON...MOVING           
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT...
  MASARYKTOWN.
  MOON LAKE ESTATES.
  JASMINE ESTATES.
  PORT RICHEY.
  SPRING HILL.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...MAINLY TO
TREES AND POWER LINES. POORLY ANCHORED ROOFS...MOBILE HOMES...AND 
SHEDS ARE ALSO AT RISK.  DIME SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND HEAVY 
RAINS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 OF`FICE IN RUSKIN.

$$

LAT...LON 2844 8243 2816 8254 2826 8276 2844 8267

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee48 min
Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.