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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2005, 3:48 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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 5, 2005, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2005, 4:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 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 051948 SVRTBW FLC057-052015- /O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0048.050805T1948Z-050805T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 348 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... FORT LONESOME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. && LAT...LON 2777 8218 2765 8219 2764 8207 2777 8207 $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 052008 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 408 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 FLC057-052018- /O.CAN.KTBW.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-050805T2015Z/ HILLSBOROUGH- 408 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 2777 8218 2765 8219 2764 8207 2777 8207 $$ 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 5, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 156 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...ETA/NAM HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. LATEST RUN SHOWS MOSTLY EASTERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER OBSERVATIONS SHOW ONSHORE FLOW ON BOTH COASTS WITH LIGHT WINDS IN THE INTERIOR. WILL BASE THIS FORECAST CYCLE ON THE MUCH MORE CONSISTENT GFS WHICH HAS GOOD DEPICTION OF SEA BREEZE EACH DAY. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE EVER SO SLOWLY NORTH THIS WEEKEND... BUT STILL REMAINING WEAK AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE BAY AREA. THIS MEANS CONTINUED LIGHT AND MOSTLY VARIABLE WINDS WITH LOCAL LAND AND GULF BREEZES BEING THE MAIN DRIVER. STEERING FLOW WILL BE WEAK AS WELL...BUT INITIAL SCATTERED/40 POP ACTIVITY NEAR INITIAL SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INLAND WHERE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND MULTIPLE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST 50 POPS FOR OUR INTERIOR COUNTIES EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF NORMALS AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR TWEAKS HERE AND THERE. && .LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT-FRI)...LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS THINKING FOR NEXT WEEK WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE AREA AND SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA KEEPING RATHER LIGHT FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND THE SEA/LAKE BREEZES TO CAUSE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD...WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS. EVEN AFTER THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND SHIFTS NORTHWARD...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ISOLATED TO LOW-END SCATTERED STORMS...MAINLY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS NORTH OF THE BAY AND LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS SOUTH. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 91 76 90 / 20 40 20 40 FMY 75 93 75 92 / 30 50 30 50 GIF 74 94 75 93 / 30 50 30 50 SRQ 74 91 75 90 / 20 40 20 40 BKV 71 91 71 90 / 20 40 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...JILLSON LONG TERM...CLOSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:22 AM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 522 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-051521- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 522 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 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 OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH INLAND LOCATIONS RECEIVING THE GREATEST COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST AND POLK COUNTY. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO THE LOWER 100S. 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 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
Local storm report, Aug 5, 12:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1209 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 PM LIGHTNING DUNDEE 28.02N 81.62W
08/04/2005 POLK FL NEWSPAPER
*** 1 INJ *** FIREFIGHTER IN DUNDEE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
STRIKE,THROUGH HIS COMPUTER, WHICH HE WAS SHUTTING DOWN.
FELT LIKE HE WAS RUNOVER BY AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM.
OTHERWISE NO DAY AFTER AFFECTS.
&&
KAMPLocal storm report, Aug 5, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
241 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0213 PM HAIL 3 NNE TAMPA 28.00N 82.46W
08/05/2005 0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA.
&&
DAVISSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 3:25 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 FLZ039-052030- LEVY- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LEVY COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT LEBANON...UNTIL 430 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. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING. RKR
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:39 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 339 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 FLZ051-052-052030- POLK-HILLSBOROUGH- 339 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHWEST POLK COUONTIES... ...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT LONESOME...UNTIL 430 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. 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. RD
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 341 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 FLZ051-052-052030- POLK-HILLSBOROUGH- 341 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHWEST POLK COUNTIES... ...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT LONESOME...UNTIL 430 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. 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. RD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 30 min |
| 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 |
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.