Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 1:59 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2001, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Cape Coral, FL | Several Skywarn Spotters reported dime sized hail in Cape Coral. |
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
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 161759 SVRTBW FLC071-161830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 159 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 230 PM EDT. * AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL...OVER FORT MYERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... WHISKEY CREEK. PAGE PARK-PINE MANOR. FORT MYERS VILLAS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL... TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. $$ LAT...LON 2668 8189 2658 8197 2648 8189 2659 8176 88 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 16, 1:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 130 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001 CURRENT FCST PACKAGE IN GOOD SHAPE AS SYNOPTIC TRENDS REMAIN CONSISTENT. MEAN N TO NW FLOW WILL TURN NE...THEN E...IN THE LOWER LAYERS WITH TIME. THIS COMBINED WITH REMNANT UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SHOULD BOOST PCPN CHANCES FOR MORE FOLKS...MOST IMPORTANTLY TOWARD THE NORTH SUNCOAST WHERE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN HAS NOT FALLEN IN NEARLY 10 DAYS. MODELS ARE IN REMARKABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SUNDAY...AS ALL NOW DEPICT EMBEDDED ENERGY IN THE FORM OF SHEAR AXES BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NGM PERHAPS A TAD DRY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANTLY SO. SHORT TERM: FIRST CELL DEVELOPED ALONG WCSB/TAMPA BAY BREEZE AND IS WEAKENING AS IT SLIDES SE. OTHERWISE...DRY AIR IS OVERTAKING THE LOWER LEVELS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND N CWFA IN NW FLOW...AND EXPECT LITTLE DEVELOPMENT EARLY ON. HOWEVER...WE'RE WATCHING BLOSSOMING CONVECTION S OF TLH...AND BOUNDARIES FROM THAT MAY CAUSE SOME DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. FARTHER S...WILL HOLD ONTO SCT EARLY EVENING PCPN. FOR TONIGHT...W FLOW AHEAD OF SHEAR AXIS ON TRACK TO DEVELOP ISOLD TO PERHAPS SCT CONVECTION IN THE N AND CENTRAL WATERS...PERHAPS REACHING THE SHORELINE LATE. AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY MAY HELP THE CAUSE...SO WILL ROLL ISOLD SHWRS/TSTMS AS CURR FCST. SUNDAY STILL LOOKS TO BE A BIT MORE ACTIVE AS SFC TROUGH SETS UP CAMP UNDERNEATH NNW FLOW ALOFT. SHEAR AXIS WILL ENHANCE VERTICAL MOTION...AND MODEL SOUNDINGS REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE WITH MAX CAPE BETWEEN 3500 AND 4K. HIGHEST CHC WILL BE INLAND. POOLED MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A RETURN TO NE FLOW MON SHOULD KILL THE LATE NIGHT COASTAL PCPN AND RETURN AREA TO AFTN/EVE PROSPECTS. EXTENDED: NO CHANGES TO CURR FCST. MRF SHOWS YET ANOTHER DEEPENING TROUGH (FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE RUN) MOVING INTO THE E U.S. BY LATE WEEK... AND POSSIBLE SW FLOW NEAR SFC MAY ALTER PCPN TIMING A BIT BY NEXT SAT. UNCERTAINTY LOOMS HOWEVER...SO SEE NO REASON TO GET CUTE. MARINE: LIGHT GRADIENT MEANS NO HIGHLIGHTS. FIRE WX: RH FALLING TO 40 OR JUST BELOW THIS AFTN...BUT SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER SUN-MON AS DWPTS RETbURN TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS. NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA BB 077/092/074/091 1314 FMY BB 074/092/073/092 2424 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.