Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2001, 5:54 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 30, 2001, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:57 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Ft Myers, FL | Nickel to dime sized hail was reported by the public and local law enforcement in 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 nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182 WUUS52 KTBW 302158 SVRTBW SVRTBWFLC071-302230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 554 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER FT MYERS VILLAS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH. * AT 554 PM SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AT COLONIAL AND NORTH US 41 IN FT MYERS * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... PAGE PARK-PINE MANOR. LOCHMOOR WATERWAY ESTATES. NORTH FORT MYERS. FT MYERS $$ LAT...LON 2647 8189 2658 8172 2675 8192 2664 8215 15 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 30, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 330 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001 CURRENTLY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SEA/BAY BREEZE BOUNDARIES AND THEN DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWEST. RIDGE AXIS REMAINS FROM JUST NORTH OF BROOKSVILLE TO NEAR MELBOURNE. FORECAST...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY BACK SOUTH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST U.S. THEREFORE...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES INTO SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. BY SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES...BUT THERE SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER INLAND AREAS EACH DAY. BY TUESDAY IT APPEARS THAT RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT BACK NORTH AGAIN WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW RETURNING. MARINE...NO BIG HIGHLIGHTS AS WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 2 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS... TPA 076/092 076/091 3434 FMY 075/092 075/092 3434 .TBW...NONE. PRC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 30, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
220 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM 7 S FT MYERS FL WIND DAMAGE
08/29/01 LEE THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DOWNED TWO LIGHT POLES,
WHICH DAMAGED THREE
VEHICLES AT A MAZDA
DEALERSHIP, UPROOTED A
FEW SMALL TREES AND
DAMAGED THE SIGN AT A
LEXUS DEALERSHIP, AND
BLEW DOWN A LARGE
LIGHTED BILLBOARD SIGN
SUPPORTED BY FIVE LARGE
WOODEN POLES. THIS
DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG
THE 14000 BLOCK OF U.S.
HIGHWAY 41 (TAMIAMI
TRAIL) BETWEEN STATE
ROAD 876 (DANIELS PKWY)
AND COUNTY ROAD 865
(SIX MILE CYPRESS
PKWY). REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE.
EVENT DURATION 10
MINUTES.
0610 PM 7 S FT MYERS FL 1 INCH HAIL
08/29/01 LEE THE PUBLIC REPORTED
QUARTER TO DIME SIZED
HAIL ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY
41 (TAMIAMI TRAIL)
BETWEEN STATE ROAD 876
AND COUNTY ROAD 865.
EVENT DURATION 10
MINUTES.
ZALESKILocal storm report, Aug 30, 5:32 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
532 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0323 PM CLEARWATER FL .75 INCH HAIL.
08/30/01 PINELLAS EVENT DURATION 3 MINUTES.REPORTED
BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 42 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.