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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 6, 2005Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2005, 4:49 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2005, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2005, 5:19 PM EDT
In force
30 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 62Macdill Air Force Base, FL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1312 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 062050
SVRTBW
FLC057-062130-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0049.050806T2049Z-050806T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
449 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OVER      
  MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
  APOLLO BEACH.
  GIBSONTON.

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 2794 8257 2778 8258 2767 8232 2784 8220

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 062105
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
505 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

FLC057-062130-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050806T2130Z/
HILLSBOROUGH-
505 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF TAMPA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 
MPH.

AT 446 PM EDT... MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 62 
MPH. 


THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
  APOLLO BEACH.
  RIVERVIEW.

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 2794 8257 2778 8258 2767 8232 2784 8220

$$

13
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 062119
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
517 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

FLC057-062127-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050806T2130Z/
HILLSBOROUGH-
517 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

AT 517 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.


&&

LAT...LON 2794 8257 2778 8258 2767 8232 2784 8220

$$

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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 Aug 6, 1:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
100 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MON)...WEAK FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY. UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE OVER AL WEAKENS BUT MOVES LITTLE
WITH WEAK RIDGING REMAINING OVER THE STATE. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE AS LOW PRESSURE TO THE NW OF THE AREA ASSOC WITH
THE UPPER TROUGH OVER AL DISSIPATES. A BIT OF EXTRA MOISTURE AND
ENERGY FROM THE LOW WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND HELP SPARK A COUPLE OF COASTAL SHOWERS/STORMS TOWARD
MORNING. HAVE THEREFORE EXTENDED THE ISOLATED TSTMS OVER THE WATERS
ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND FROM THE COAST FROM SARASOTA NORTHWARD STARTING
AROUND 5AM SUN MORNING. FLOW WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT NIGHT AND
BECOME WESTERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS AS THE SEABREEZE
DEVELOPS AND PUSHES INLAND. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE WITH TEMPS REACHING TO AROUND 90 NEAR THE COAST EACH DAY TO
THE MID 90S INLAND. MIN TEMPS WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TO MID 70S EACH
NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING CONVECTION TO DEVELOP MAINLY NEAR THE SEABREEZE AND OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES EACH DAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (MON NIGHT-SAT)...OVERALL PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM
PREVIOUS FORECAST. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH
SURFACE RIDGE AXIS LOCATED SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA
PENINSULA. EXACT PLACEMENT OF AXIS SHIFTS FROM MODEL TO MODEL RUN...
BUT IN GENERAL IT WILL BE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THUS KEEPING A
RATHER LIGHT FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. TYPICAL SCATTERED DIURNAL
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED EACH DAY AS DAYTIME HEATING COMBINES WITH THE
MOISTURE IN PLACE AND THE SEA/LAKE BREEZES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...WEAK RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WILL
BRING LIGHT GENERALLY S/SW FLOW WITH WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY AT
5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOONS AS THE SEABREEZE TAKES OVER. SEAS
WILL REMAIN AT 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THESE
STORMS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 77 90 76 91 / 20 50 20 40
FMY 75 92 75 92 / 30 50 30 40
GIF 75 92 75 93 / 30 50 30 40
SRQ 75 90 75 91 / 20 50 20 40
BKV 71 90 72 91 / 20 50 20 40

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...JLC
LONG TERM....PRC
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:28 AM EDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
428 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-061424-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
428 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT:

SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER
MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST...ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR
COUNTIES. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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.

AR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Aug 6, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk51 min
Aug 6, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.