Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 10:40 AM EDT for Pinellas 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 22, 2001, 10:40 AM EDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2001, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 10:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Largo, FL | A Florida Power Company representative reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several large branches and power lines in Largo. |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTBW 221440 SVRTBW FLC103-221515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 1115 AM EDT. * AT 1040 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...OVER LARGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... BELLEAIR. CLEARWATER. DUNEDIN. SAFETY HARBOR. PALM HARBOR. OLDSMAR. 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. $$ LAT...LON 2797 8295 2784 8281 2803 8265 2817 8273 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 22, 9:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 927 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 PLENTY OF WEATHER TO KEEP US BUSY TODAY. MARINE AREA COVERED BY EITHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ALREADY. UPDATED ZONES EARLY TO HAVE LIKELY POPS OR BETTER ALL AREAS. SHOULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE AGAIN...WITH BEST CHANCES OVER INTERIOR COUNTIES WHERE HEATING IS MAXIMIZED. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS SOME COOLING ALOFT AS WELL WITH -10C AT 50H. .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-221500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 500 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF TAMPA BAY BEFORE DAWN...AND ONE OR TWO MAY REACH THE COAST JUST AFTER SUNRISE BEFORE WEAKENING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN A BRIEF DOWNPOUR AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THE INLAND PORTION OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH ALL OF INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREAT. ...TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM SARASOTA NORTH...THOUGH A FEW MAY REACH INTO INTERIOR COUNTIES NORTH OF A TAMPA TO LAKELAND LINE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS REDEVELOP AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE BIG BEND REGION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER COASTAL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS...LATER TODAY. $$. GOLDSMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Marion | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.