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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

November 16, 20027 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 2002, 1:30 PM EST for 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2002, 1:30 PM EST (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2002, 3:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2002-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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 2002-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KTBW 161830
FFWTBW
FLC015-027-049-055-071-081-115-162030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
129 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  
  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  WAUCHULA.
  
  DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  ARCADIA.
  
  HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  SEBRING.
  LAKE PLACID.
  AVON PARK.
  
  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  PUNTA GORDA.
  PORT CHARLOTTE.
  
  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  LEHIGH ACRES.
  FORT MYERS BEACH.
  FORT MYERS.
  CAPE CORAL.
  
  MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  PALMETTO.
  BRADENTON.
  
  SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.
  NORTH PORT.
  ENGLEWOOD.

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 129 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  RAINFALL RATES CONTINUING OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.

AT 129 PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED FLOODING IN AREAS 
AROUND CAPE CORAL AND FORT MYERS...AS WELL AS PUNTA GORDA AND SOUTH 
OF ENGLEWOOD.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND
CREEKS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS. IF IN A LOW LYING
AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

&&

LAT...LON 2763 8116 2730 8106 2709 8130 2703 8157
          2648 8160 2635 8193 2652 8216 2747 8265
          2763 8266

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 11:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Nov 16, 1:46 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW44 min
Nov 16, 8:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Nov 16, 10:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW50 min
Nov 16, 10:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee, Sarasota3 hr
Nov 16, 11:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Nov 16, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Nov 16, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Nov 16, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Nov 16, 1:06 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW54 min
Nov 16, 1:21 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto24 min
Nov 16, 1:42 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHighlands48 min
Nov 16, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands, Polk31 min
Nov 16, 2:32 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHighlands, Polk28 min
Nov 16, 3:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee63 min
Nov 16, 4:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTBWLee111 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.