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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 5, 2001Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 2:34 PM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 5, 2001, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Sarasota County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 051834
SVRTBW
FLC115-051915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
234 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.

* AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...11 MILES
  EAST OF SARASOTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  FRUITVILLE.
  BEE RIDGE.
  SOUTH GATE RIDGE.
  RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS.
  SOUTH SARASOTA.
  VAMO.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES.

$$

LAT...LON 2725 8230 2738 8244 2735 8261 2716 8250

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough43 min
Jun 4, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas28 min
Jun 5, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota46 min
Jun 5, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco48 min
Jun 5, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando33 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.