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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 28, 2001Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2001, 6:43 PM EDT for Manatee 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
Jul 28, 2001, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 6:44 PM EDTHail 1Palmetto, FLQuarter to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters from Palmetto to Ellenton in northern Manatee 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 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 28, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
215 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001

CURRENTLY...AS SUSPECTED...CONVECTION SLOWER TO START TODAY...AND
MUCH LESS IN COVERAGE. BEGINNING TO GET SCT SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH
CENT INTERIOR...MOVING WEST. WEST COAST SEA BREEZE NOT AS FAR
INLAND AS EXPECTED. STILL NEAR THE COAST...STARTING TO PUSH INLAND
OVER THE N FA. HUMIDITY A TAD LOWER...ESPEC INLAND...WHERE TDS
AROUND 70.

--FCST DISC--
MODELS AGAIN SIMILAR WITH LARGE SCALE PATTERN. DEEP LAYER RIDGE THAT
HAS BEEN NORTH OF THE FA FOR PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WILL MOVE SOUTH...
STALLING OVER THE NCENT FA BY LATE SUN AND EARLY MON. RELATIVELY
LIGHT ESE LOW LEVEL FLOW FOR SUN AND MON WITH AFTN WEST COAST SEA
BREEZES. SUN MAY HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE/POPS S 1/2 OF THE FA
AS EAST SIDE OF TUTT LOW...CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE SE FL COAST...
MOVES INTO THE E GULF SUN AFTN. EITHER WAY...CHC POPS AFTN/EARLY
EVENING EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

--EXTENDED--
TROPICAL WAVE ADVERTISED BY AVN/MRF LAST SEVERAL RUNS AROUND CUBA
AND W CARIBBEAN...NOW LOOKS TO BE EVEN FARTHER SOUTH. THIS WILL
LESSEN ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT OF HIGHER POPS TO THE EXTREME S FA. WINDS
STILL COULD BE BREEZY WED AND INTO THURS AS PRESS GRAD INCREASE
BETWEEN 1025MB+ RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND TROPICAL WAVE TO THE SOUTH.
MRF KEEPS WAVE MOVING WEST INTO THE SCENT GULF THURS THROUGH SAT.
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN EXTENDED.

--MARINE--
NO HIGHLIGHTS OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED THROUGH TUES.
INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS STILL POSSIBLE WED AND THURS AS WAVE MOVES
BY TO THE SOUTH.

PRELIM #S:
TPA 075/091 075/091 2323
FMY 074/091 075/092 2433=

.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.