Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2003, 7:16 PM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 1, 2003, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2003, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sarasota 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WUUS52 KTBW 012316 SVRTBW FLC115-012345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 716 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLEWOOD TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PORT...MOVING NORTHWEST WEST AT 10 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT... WARM MINERAL SPRINGS. VENICE GARDENS. VENICE. VAMO. 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. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES. && LAT...LON 2676 8247 2721 8203 2723 8259 2678 8303 $$ 57
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 Aug 1, 1:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 156 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE BIG PICTURE. BERMUDA HIGH BEING PANCAKED BY CUTOFF VORTEX DROPPING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST U.S./MID ATLC WILL BE REFLECTED AT THE SFC BY AN OSCILLATING SFC RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND S PENINSULA. THAT MEANS A CONTINUATION OF OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTN MARINE ACTIVITY...AND GENERALLY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACTIVITY INLAND. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG PICTURE...BUT DIFFER A BIT EARLY ON. ETA MOVES EASTERLY WAVE NOW IN THE BAHAMAS ALONG FLS EAST COAST THROUGH SAT NIGHT...WITH BACKSIDE ENE FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PENINSULA. GFS KEEPS THE WAVE FARTHER E AND N WHICH APPEARS TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION BASED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGES... LEAVING MORE OF A SE TO S BACKGROUND FLOW. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SUN): SUBTLE CHANGES OCCURRED TODAY...WITH A TAD MORE ROBUST SE FLOW NEAR THE SFC AT DAYBREAK (SINCE DISSIPATED) PRODUCING NUMEROUS MORNING TSTMS OFFSHORE AND SLOWING DOWN SOMEWHAT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT INLAND. ECSB ACTIVITY MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED AS WELL. COVERAGE INCREASING QUICKLY AS CONVECTIVE TEMP HAS BEEN REACHED. EXPECT EVENING ACTIVITY TO FOCUS OVER INTERIOR AND S COUNTIES...AND WILL DECIDE LAST MINUTE WHETHER TO ADD A REMAINDER OF AFTN/EVE PERIOD. THEREAFTER...EXPECT A QUIET OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING EACH DAY AS SE FLOW HOLDS DEVELOPMENT OFFSHORE. GIVEN DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE AND PERSISTENT (THOUGH WEAK) SHEAR AXIS NEARBY...WILL CONTINUE LIKELY AFTN CATEGORY EACH DAY AND SCT/ISOLD DURING THE EVENING. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THIS AFTN (89-92). EXTENDED (SUN NIGHT - FRI): SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES OVER EASTERN U.S. THUS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED MAINLY LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MARINE...AS EXPECTED...ACTIVITY DRYING UP THIS AFTN BUT WILL REDEVELOP AFTER DARK AS INSTABILITY SHIFTS TO THE WATER. COULD BE NUMEROUS TSTMS N OF TARPON AGAIN SAT AND SUN MORNING...BUT WILL SETTLE FOR SCT OVERNIGHT/MORNING AND ISOLD AFTN/EVE. WINDS A TAD MORE S/SE AND PERHAPS A SHADE HIGHER...STILL NOT SIGNIFICANT. FIRE WX: NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA 076/091 076/090 2635 FMY 075/091 075/091 3535 GIF 074/092 074/092 3636 SRQ 075/090 075/089 2525 BKV 071/092 071/090 2636 .TBW...NONE. BSG/PRC
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 6:00 AM EDT, 13 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-011600- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE GULF PRIMARILY NORTH OF TAMPA BAY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. DURING THE AFTERNOON... AS THE GULF SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR HIGHER. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REMINDED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS OFFICE IN RUSKIN.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FLZ042-043-048-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 546 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF BROOKSVILLE TO LAKE PANASOFFKEE TO BUSHNELL...UNTIL 630 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NOAH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
FLZ061-062-065-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 547 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR ARCADIA...FORT OGDEN...TUCKERS CORNER...BABCOCK RANCH...NORTH FORT MYERS...FORT MYERS...CAPE CORAL...AND FORT MYERS BEACH...UNTIL 630 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AT 540 PM EDT CHARLOTTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG COUNTY ROADS 74 AND 31. ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. MCMICHAEL
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:31 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ050-051-012315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 631 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY STATIONARY WILL AFFECT OLDSMAR...SAFETY HARBOR...AND TOWN N COUNTRY THROUGH 715 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING. MCMICHAEL
Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:56 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
656 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM APOLLO BEACH FL LIGHTNING
08/01/03 HILLSBOROUGH *** 1 INJ ***
A 35 YEAR OLD MALE
CONSTRUCTION WORKER STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING WHILE IN HIS
TRUCK. CPR PERFORMED. HE
WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND
IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE
CONDITION. REPORT FROM WFTS
CHANNEL 28.
0505 PM PLANT CITY FL 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/01/03 HILLSBOROUGH REPORTED BY TRAINED
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0534 PM 5 NE CLEVELAND FL FUNNEL CLOUD
08/01/03 CHARLOTTE A TRAINED SPOTTER WATCHED
A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HER
HOME FOR 10 MINUTES.
0537 PM PUNTA GORDA FL WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 CHARLOTTE TREES DOWN IN PUNTA GORDA
AREA. EXACT LOCATION
UNKOWN.
0540 PM 14 E CLEVELAND FL FUNNEL CLOUD
08/01/03 CHARLOTTE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROAD 74 AND STATE ROAD 31.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0547 PM 4 E WAUCHULA FL WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 HARDEE TWO HOMES DAMAGED AND
POWER LINES DOWN. HARDEE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WILL INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF
IT WAS A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
NOAHSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 7:09 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
FLZ042-043-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 709 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT INVERNESS...BEVERLY HILLS...HERNANDO...CITRUS SPRINGS...AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF WILDWOOD...UNTIL 815 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
FLZ055-056-060>062-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 710 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH WILL AFFECT ROTONDA...NORTH PORT...ENGLEWOOD...HIDDEN RIVER... VENICE..SOUTH VENICE AND MYAKKA CITY...UNTIL 800 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. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.