Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2005, 9:00 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 4, 2005, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 minutes after it went out.
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 2566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTBW 050101 SVRTBW FLC055-050130- /O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0045.050805T0100Z-050805T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 900 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER AVON PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... AVON PARK. SEBRING SHORES. SEBRING. LAKE JOSEPHINE. 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 2764 8137 2764 8150 2742 8153 2741 8141 $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 050116 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 915 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLC055-050130- /O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050805T0130Z/ HIGHLANDS- 915 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 915 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER AND TO THE WEST OF SEBRING...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... SEBRING SHORES. SEBRING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. EXCESSIVE AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2764 8137 2764 8150 2742 8153 2741 8141 $$ 25
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 4, 1:28 PM EDT, 7 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:28 PM EDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 128 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT)...12Z NAM/ETA HAS BECOME A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN BUILDING SURFACE RIDGE SOUTHWARD FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. SHOULD THIS VERIFY...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGHER ALONG THE GULF COAST FRIDAY...AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN ANY GULF BREEZE THAT DOES DEVELOP GETS PINNED TO THE COAST. PREVIOUS FORECAST...WHICH WAS WEIGHTED TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION...HAD HIGHEST POPS IN THE INTERIOR WITH LOWER POPS ALONG THE COAST. IN FACT THE LATEST 12Z GFS SOLUTION...AS WELL AS EARLIER ETA/NAM RUNS...SUPPORT THE INLAND SCENARIO. ITS PROBABLY NOT PRUDENT AT THIS TIME TO MAKE VERY LARGE CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. FOR NOW...WILL BRING 40 POPS BACK TO THE COASTAL AREAS FOR THE NEXT TWO AFTERNOONS WHICH WILL BE A GOOD TRANSITION IF WE END UP HAVING TO RAMP UP COASTAL POPS IN THE FRIDAY MORNING PACKAGE. TEMPS LOOK GOOD AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE THERE. LEANING TOWARD MAV NUMBERS...BUT AGAIN IF STRONGER EASTERLY WINDS PREVAIL ON SATURDAY PER ETA/NAM SOLUTION THEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED A COUPLE OF DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. && .LONG TERM (SAT NIGHT-THU)...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP RATHER LIGHT FLOW ACROSS THE REGION ALBEIT A LITTLE MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NATURE COAST AND A LITTLE MORE SOUTHEASTERLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND THE SEA/LAKE BREEZES TO CAUSE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...RIDGE AXIS WILL SLOWLY CREEP NORTH TO THE CENTRAL WATERS AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS AND SEAS ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH THE ONLY HAZARD THROUGH THE PERIOD BEING THE ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 92 76 90 / 00 40 20 40 FMY 76 93 75 93 / 00 40 20 40 GIF 75 94 75 94 / 20 40 20 40 SRQ 75 91 75 90 / 00 40 20 40 BKV 72 92 72 92 / 00 40 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...JILLSON LONG TERM...CLOSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:41 AM EDT, 16 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 441 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-041400- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 441 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR THE COAST FROM CAPE CORAL NORTH TO NEW PORT RICHEY WHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE BEST COVERAGE TODAY IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE IN THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST COUNTIES. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINS...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. OUTSIDE OF TODAYS STORMS...HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO AS HIGH AS 104 DEGREES. THE WARMEST VALUES SHOULD BE FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH WHERE FEWER THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...BEFORE YOU GET THIRSTY. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. RESERVE STRENUOUS EXERCISE FOR EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. STAY NEAR AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT A LITTLE ABOVE 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 639 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ057-042330- HIGHLANDS- 639 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH...WILL AFFECT RURAL SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY...BETWEEN VENUS AND BRIGHTON...UNTIL 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 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, Aug 4, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 708 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ052-050000- POLK- 708 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL POLK COUNTY... ...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT LAKE ALFRED...INWOOD...AUBURNDALE...CYPRESS GARDENDS...EAGLE LAKE...AND WINTER HAVEN...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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. RD
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 730 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ057-050030- HIGHLANDS- 730 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT ARCHBOLD...UNTIL 830 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. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. RKR
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 830 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ052-050115- POLK- 830 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN POLK COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL EASTERN POLK COUNTY...FROM POLK CITY TO FROSTPROOF...AND EASTWARD TO THE KISSIMMEE RIVER...UNTIL 915 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. 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, Aug 4, 8:41 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 841 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ056-050145- HARDEE- 841 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HARDEE COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTH WILL AFFECT ZOLFO SPRINGS AND WAUCHULA...UNTIL 945 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR 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. 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. RKR
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 848 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 FLZ057-050130- HIGHLANDS- 848 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT AVON PARK AND SEBRING...UNTIL 930 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 5, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 18 min |
| Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.