Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2003, 8:29 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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
- Jun 29, 2003, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Manatee County, FL
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1023 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WUUS52 KTBW 300029 SVRTBW FLC081-300045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 829 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... LONGBOAT KEY. CORTEZ. BRADENTON BEACH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...MAINLY TO TREES AND POWER LINES. POORLY ANCHORED ROOFS...MOBILE HOMES...AND SHEDS ARE ALSO AT RISK. && LAT...LON 2736 8268 2739 8256 2758 8271 2747 8283 $$ 88
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 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 200 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 CURRENT/SHORT TERM(TONIGHT-TUE)...... CIRRUS/MID CLOUDS EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH. TO THE SOUTH A FIELD OF CU. TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 IN PLACES AND EXPECT CONTINUED INCREASE FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. GRADIENT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND THIS KEEP THE WEST COAST SEABREEZE LATE TO DEVELOP OR MAY JUST HAVE A WIND SLOW DOWN NEAR THE COAST LATE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS TO NORTH WHERE HEATING IS LESS. STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WEST COAST DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG ESPECIALLY THOSE DEVELOPING NEAR BOUNDARY INTERSECTIONS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY A SURFACE RIDGE TO THE NORTH WITH A SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PROVIDE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED (WED-SAT)...AS HEIGHTS ALOFT BEGIN TO SLOWLY FALL...THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN FA MID WEEK...THEN INTO THE STRAITS BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTION EACH DAY. CONVECTION WILL START ALONG THE NORTH COAST IN THE MORNING AND GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND AND SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN MAY BE SATURDAY AS SURFACE TROF TRIES TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE FA. MARINE...NO CHANGES WITH SE GRADIENT WIND 10 TO 15 KT. MODERATE SE FLOW TO CONTINUE SUN THEN TAPER OFF MON THRU THE WEEK. FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS. CCFTBW TPA BB 076/091 076/091 076 03444 FMY BB 075/091 074/091 074 03444 GIF BB 074/092 073/092 074 03242 SRQ BB 076/090 074/090 074 03444 BKV BB 072/091 073/091 071 03444 .TBW...NONE. CP/FA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:30 AM EDT, 14 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-291400- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL FL 530 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TO GENERATE POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY MOVING INTO THE THE AREA THIS MORNING. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ESTABLISHED OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FOR MORE TYPICAL MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. RD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
332 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0653 PM 2 NW DADE CITY FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 PASCO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM
POSSIBLE TONADO. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER.
RKRSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
FLZ043-048-049-052-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 643 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RACING THROUGH THE LOWER GREEN SWAMP... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE GREEN SWAMP...DADE CITY...LACOOCHEE AND RIDGE MANOR...UNTIL 715 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. GOLDSMITH
Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:32 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
732 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0653 PM 2 NW DADE CITY FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 PASCO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM
POSSIBLE TONADO. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER.
RKR
...CORRECTED FOR PRODUCT TIME...Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
804 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM BOCA GRANDE FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 LEE SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN AT
VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE
ISLAND. REPORTED BY FIRE
AND RESCUE.
RKRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jun 30, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.