Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 28, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hillsborough County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 1590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888 WUUS52 KTBW 282330 SVRTBW FLC057-290015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 730 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...OVER TEMPLE TERRACE... MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... THONOTOSASSA. TEMPLE TERRACE. EAST LAKE ORIENT PARK. LUTZ. CARROLLWOOD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 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 2801 8224 2818 8231 2810 8264 2789 8255 $$
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 28, 1:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 100 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)...ETA/MESOETA MODEL OF CHOICE AS GFS HAS PRODUCED ODD MOS NUMBERS LAST FEW DAYS. WEAKENING TUTT ENERGY OVER THE AREA AND LL CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES COLLISIONS TO HELP THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. WITH EAST COAST BREEZE RACING OVER THE PENINSULA ATTM COMBINED WITH CLOUD COVER HINDERING DEV OF WEST COAST BREEZE WITH E/SE FLOW THRU 8-15K FT WILL KEEP HIGHER SCT POPS MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY AGAIN BE STRONG. MIN TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. TUE...MODELS DONT INDICATE ALTO CU DECK LIKE TODAY. SO EXPECT MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME DIURNAL PRECIP PATTERN. MODEL SOUNDING AND TIME HEIGHTS SHOWING SE FLOW TO BECOME QUITE DEEP CONTINUING MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. PWATS NEAR 2 INCHES...-7 LI...AND 3000 CAPES. WE KEEP NUMEROUS AFTERNOON POPS ALONG ALL COASTAL AREAS WITH HIGH END SCT ELSEWHERE. PRECIP AGAIN TO PRESIST IN THE EVENING. TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. WED...WESTWARD MOVING BAHAMIAN TUTT AND WEAK TROPICAL WAVE TO APPROACH SE FL WITH SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES. MODELS HAVE GOOD HANDLE ON DRY AIR AIR MID/UPPER LEVELS. WILL LOWER POPS TO 30/40 PERCENT ON WED AHEAD OF WAVE. MAX TEMP A DEGREE OR 2 ABOVE TUE. .LONG TERM (WED NIGHT - SUN)...IN GENERAL...A FAIRLY PERSISTENT AND RATHER TYPICAL PATTERN TO BEGIN JULY WITH 500 MB RIDGE PARKED ACROSS THE PENINSULA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THAT SAID...THE TRUE BERMUDA HIGH HAS NOT SET UP JUST YET...WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE DEEP E/SE FLOW WHICH PINS THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST...PROVIDING MORE PCPN FOR THE URBAN COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE BEACHES. INSTEAD...BOUNDARY COLLISIONS WILL REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING ACTIVITY. ONE HOPE FOR COASTAL RAINS EXISTS THURSDAY AND PERHAPS FRIDAY AS WEAK EASTERLY WAVE MOVES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND CUBA...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE DEEP MOISTURE AND PROVIDE BETTER CHANCES AND COVERAGE AT LEAST FOR THURS AFTN. BY THE WEEKEND...RIDGE RE-CENTERS OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA BRINGING RETURN TO BOUNDARY COLLISION TYPE STORMS ONCE AGAIN AND PCPN COVERAGE PERHAPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL. SO...HAVE PUSHED TSTMS INTO THE NUMEROUS CATEGORY THURS AFTN FOR THE COASTAL AND SW COUNTIES...DROPPING BACK TO SCATTERED FRI AND BEYOND. NO CHANGES TO TEMPS WHICH SHOULD BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THRU MID WEEK. WEAK TROPICAL WAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF THU/FRI. WITH HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING FOR THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BENIGN. AND AS USUAL...EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS TO BE HIGHER IN AND AROUND ANY TSTMS THAT DEVELOP. && .FIRE WX...PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR NO HIGHLIGHTS. SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT WED MAY DROP AFTERNOON RH LEVELS INTO THE LOWER 40S. MOISTURE TO RETURN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 91 75 91 / 40 60 40 40 FMY 73 91 73 92 / 40 60 40 40 GIF 74 92 73 92 / 40 50 40 40 SRQ 73 90 73 90 / 40 60 40 40 BKV 70 91 71 92 / 30 50 30 40 .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && RD/BG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:09 AM EDT, 14 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 509 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-281415- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 509 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ANOTHER DAY OF ABOVE NORMAL HEAT ALONG WITH FAIRLY HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...BEFORE YOU GET THIRSTY. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. RESERVE STRENUOUS EXERCISE FOR EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. STAY NEAR AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. BY THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REFORM OVER LAND ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT THE MOST NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO OCCUR ALONG THE COAST FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM NORTH OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST...WHEREAS FROM TAMPA SOUTH MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. ALSO HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO MAX OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SELF ACTIVATE TODAY WHENEVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) RJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
150 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL INVERNESS 28.84N 82.34W
06/25/2004 1.00 INCH CITRUS FL PUBLIC
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG INVERNESS 28.84N 82.34W
06/25/2004 CITRUS FL PUBLIC
DAMAGE AT RESIDENCE INCLUDED...TWO 2 FOOT DIAMETER LIMBS
DOWN...FASCIA RIPPED FROM ROOF...POSSIBLE SHINGLE DAMAGE
TO ROOF. ALSO...HEAVY STATUE IN GROUND RIPPED OUT...BOAT
MOVED 200 FEET INTO SIDE OF NEIGHBORS HOUSE.
&&
REPORTS RECEIVED ON MONDAY JUNE 28.
JSSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 2:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 224 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 FLZ062-065-282000- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 224 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT BONITA SPRINGS AND BONITA SHORES BY 3 PM...LEHIGH ACRES AND ESTERO BY 330 PM...AND FORT MYERS BY 4 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
326 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 3 NE ELLENTON 27.55N 82.49W
06/27/2004 0.75 INCH MANATEE FL NWS EMPLOYEE
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E DUETTE 27.59N 82.07W
06/27/2004 MANATEE FL CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE TREES DOWN
&&
JSSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 512 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 FLZ062-282200- CHARLOTTE- 512 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT PORT CHARLOTTE... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT CLEVELAND...PUNTA GORDA...CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PORT CHARLOTTE...UNTIL 600 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. 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. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 647 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 FLZ043-048-282330- HERNANDO-SUMTER- 647 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT RIDGE MANOR... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT RIDGE MANOR AND BROOKSVILLE...UNTIL 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 712 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 FLZ049-051-290000- HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO- 712 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT HILLSBOROUGH RIVER STATE PARK...THONOTOSASSA...WESLEY CHAPEL...AND NEW TAMPA...UNTIL 800 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Jun 28, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.