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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2003, 2:08 PM EST for Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2003, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2003, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Levy County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131 WUUS52 KTBW 271908 SVRTBW FLC075-271945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 208 PM EST THU MAR 27 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEVY COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 245 PM EST * AT 208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... CEDAR KEY. OTTER CREEK. CHIEFLAND. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN CITRUS COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHWARD AND HEADED INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN LEVY COUNTY ALONG THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...MAINLY TO TREES AND POWER LINES. POORLY ANCHORED ROOFS...MOBILE HOMES...AND SHEDS ARE ALSO AT RISK. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY. PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2913 8324 2901 8308 2948 8261 2963 8281 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 11:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Mar 27, 11:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 53 min | |
| Mar 27, 12:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 1:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 1:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Mar 27, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 2:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 2 hr | |
| Mar 27, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 2:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 2:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.