Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2001, 5:47 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2001, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 320 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001 CURRENTLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AND DEVELOPING NORTHWARD ALONG SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES TO SINK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND APPEARS TO BE LOCATED FROM AROUND SARASOTA TO ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE. FORECAST...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PENINSULA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WEAKENING COLD FRONT DROPS INTO SOUTHEAST U.S. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING AROUND MIDDAY HOURS ALONG SEA BREEZE AND MOVING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODELS INDICATING THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. WITH A MORE EASTERLY FLOW RETURNING BY MID-WEEK. MARINE...NO BIG CHANGES ACROSS COASTAL WATERS AS WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AND SEAS LESS THAN 2 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS TPA 076/091 076/091 3423 FMY 075/092 075/091 3423 .TBW...NONE. PRC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.