Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 14, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hillsborough County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Lithia, FL | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported quarter to dime sized hail in the FishHawk Ranch subdivision, along FishHawk Boulevard to near the County Road 640 (Lithia-Pinecrest Road) intersection. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 2164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTBW 142126 SVRTBW FLC057-142200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 525 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 600 PM EDT. * AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL...OVER FISH HAWK RANCH... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... BLOOMINGDALE. WIMAUMA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. $$ LAT...LON 2791 8209 2794 8229 2769 8236 2765 8211 13 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 Jun 14, 1:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 112 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 A FAIRLY ACTIVE AFTERNOON UPCOMING...SO WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE CURRENT THINKING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... WITH THE SHORT TERM FCST HINGING SOMEWHAT ON THE MOVEMENT/STRENGTH OF THE SUBTROPICAL LOW IN NC AND LONGER TERM THE HOPEFUL GENERATION OF SOME E/SE FLOW. MODELS ARE SHOWING SIMILAR TRENDS TO WED...THAT IS THE ETA IS STRONGEST AND MOST PERSISTENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL LOW...THE NGM LOSES IT FAIRLY QUICKLY...AND THE AVN MOVES IT ALONG A BIT TOO QUICK. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE ETA SOLUTION ONCE AGAIN. SHORT TERM: LIGHT STEERING FLOW SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING INTO THE EARLY EVENING...ESP CENTRAL AND S. THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD REMAIN DRY...BUT INLAND COASTAL COS FROM HILLSBOROUGH S MAY SEE PULSE DEVELOPMENT ALONG OLD PROPAGATING BOUNDARIES. WILL CARRY AN EARLY EVENING PERIOD FOR ONGOING ACTIVITY. OTHERWISE...THINGS QUIET DOWN QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET. EXPECT SOME EARLY AM TOWERS NEAR THE COAST AND WILL HANDLE IN MARINE... OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT. FRI...MODEL SOUNDINGS NOT TOO DIFF FROM TODAY...WITH LIS NEAR -11 ONCE AGAIN. ONE DIFF IS STORM MOTION...WHICH WILL BE A BIT FASTER AND ORIENTED FROM NW TO SE. SUCH FLOW COMBINED WITH H85 TEMPS NEAR 18C SHOULD CRANK INLAND TEMPS TO THE MID 90S. WILL CONTINUE WITH LESSER PCPN CHANCES TOWARD THE COAST AND HIGHER INLAND. NW FLOW ESTABLISHES FRI NIGHT...BUT IS ALSO AHEAD OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AROUND TAIL OF UPPER LOW. THE COMBINATION MAY ALLOW A BIT MORE ACTION NEAR THE COAST TOWARD DAYBREAK AND WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCES HERE. NW-SE STORM MOTION INCREASES SAT AND THIS SHOULD SCOOT ACTIVITY WELL INLAND...REACHING THE E COAST LATE IN THE DAY. EXTENDED: WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY SNEAKS INTO THE CENTRAL CWFA SUN AND PARKS... LIGHTENING WINDS AND ALLOWING FOR SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS ONCE AGAIN. THE BOUNDARY WASHES OUT LATE SUN/MON...AND SLOWLY BUILDING SFC HIGH TO OUR N WILL ESTABLISH AT LEAST A LOW LVL ESE FLOW FOR MID WEEK. WILL GO BACK TO AFTN/EVE TSTMS IN THE LATTER EFP WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS. MARINE: QUIET OUTSIDE OF ANY MORNING TSTMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FIRE WX: NO HIGHLIGHTS GIVEN HIGH RH VALUES AND LIGHT WINDS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA BB 077/093/075/092 1212 FMY BB 074/093/073/093 2322 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
206 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM 4 W OXFORD FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 SUMTER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
EVENT DURAT0ION 6 MINUTES.Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
429 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM LAKELAND FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 POLK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
EVENT DURATION 5 MINUTES.
0357 PM PLANT CITY FL 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 HILLSBOROUGH REPORTED BY FOX 13
WEATHER.
0359 PM 3 SE AUBURNDALE FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 POLK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. EVENT DURATION
12 MINUTES.
0402 PM WINTER HAVEN FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 POLK REPORTED BY FOX 13
WEATHER.
0403 PM LAKELAND FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 POLK EVENT DURATION 5
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
FOX 13 WEATHER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 27 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.