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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 17, 2005Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT for Hernando 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hernando County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 17, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:28 AM EDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
528 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-171400-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
528 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY IN A WARM
AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA
BREEZE COLLISIONS GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF
THE STRONGER STORMS.

WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG
APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE
USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY:

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.