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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 25, 2001Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2001, 6:16 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
29 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 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
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
Jul 25, 6:36 PM EDTThunderstorm WindBayport, FLHernando county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large branches and power lines along Orchard Road in Hernando Beach along the coast of western Hernando county.

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, 10.3 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°0°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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
325 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

THIS AFTERNOONS MODEL ANALYSIS INDICATED GOOD CONTINUITY WITH
OVERALL SYNOPTIC AND MESO-SCALE FEATURES TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

IN A BRIEF NUTSHELL...THE EAST TO WEST HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS...
OVER THE LOW AND MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE..WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA BORDER THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND.

THIS EVENING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AT 25-30
MPH. RAIN POPS WILL BE HIGHEST FROM TAMPA NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AS
ACTIVITY FILLS IN ALONG THE WEST FLORIDA COAST.

IN THE SHORT TERM...EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ALONG THE
SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM LEE COUNTY NORTH TO THE TAMPA METRO
AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS.

FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND...THE LONG RANGE AVIATION AND MRF MODELS
SUGGEST MID-LEVEL DRYING WITH CONTINUED EAST TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE
AND MID-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE PENINSULA.  THUS...WILL INTRODUCE
SLIGHTLY LOWER PROBABILITIES OF RAINFALL FOR THE EXTENDED PORTIONS
OF THE WEST FLORIDA COAST FORECAST.

TPA 75/90/75/89 6646
FMY 74/90/75/92 4646

.TBW...NONE

ZALESKI

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, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.