Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2001, 5:37 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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 29, 2001, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Estero, FL | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, numerous branches and several power lines in Estero leaving nearly 1,500 residents without power for several hours. |
| Aug 29, 6:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Myers, FL | Thunderstorm winds downed two light poles, which damaged three vehicles at a Mazda auto dealership, uprooted a few small trees, damaged the sign at a Lexus auto dealership, and blew down a large lighted billboard sign supported by five wooden poles along the 1 |
| Aug 29, 6:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Ft Myers, FL | The public reported quarter to dime sized hail along U.S. Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail) between State Road 876 and County Road 865 in south Ft. Myers. |
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 Aug 29, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
322 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001
MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE CWFA WITH WC SEA BREEZE
STARTING TO PUSH INLAND FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH. 88-D INDICATES TSTMS
BEYOND OUR SOUTHEASTERN MOST COUNTIES.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC...ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA...TO
GULF OF MEXICO TO CONTINUE IN PLACE THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. SURFACE
RIDGE BELOW UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN
INVERTED TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE
SURFACE RIDGE MOVES NORTH...REACHING NORTH FLORIDA LATE THURSDAY
WHERE IT WILL RESIDE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES NORTH LOW LEVEL WINDS TO BECOME MORE EAST
AND SOUTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE
SCATTERED CATEGORY...50% IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT WITH TROUGH GOING BY
AND 30% ELSEWHERE WITH WORDING FOR EVENING TSTMS. FOR THU & FRI WILL
CONTINUE WITH 30-40% AFTERNOON AND 20-30% FOR THE EVENING. HAVE
ADJUSTED MARINE ZONES TO REFLECT WINDS SHIFTING FROM EAST INTO THE
SOUTH FOR THE SOUTHERN 2 LEGS AND VARIABLE IN THE NORTH. LITTLE
CHANGE IN TEMPS EXPECTED...WILL BLEND MAV AND CLIMO.
UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES ACROSS AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK AS SURFACE RIDGE SAGS BACK SOUTH. HOWEVER LITTLE CHANGE IN
ZONES WITH PARTLY CLOUDY...SCATTERED PCPN AND NEAR CLIMO TEMPS.
MARINE WINDS STAY LIGHT ENOUGH TO BECOME ONSHORE DURING THE AFTER-
NOONS.
PRELIM NUMBERS..
TPA 75/92 74/91 2324
FMY 76/92 75/92 4434
.TBW...AIR STAGNATION ADVSY...W HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...W MANATEE
...N SARASOTA...S PASCO THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT.
09/RKRNearby
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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.