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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 14, 2005Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2005, 7:01 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 14, 2005, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2005, 7:33 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2005-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 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 2005-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 142303
SVRTBW
FLC071-142330-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0053.050814T2301Z-050814T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
701 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL...OVER EASTERN LEE COUNTY...
  MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  MORSE SHORES.

A SPOTTER IN LEHIGH ACRES REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT 700 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND 
HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY AS WELL WITH THIS STORM. 
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

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 2655 8164 2672 8169 2670 8183 2649 8182

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 142312
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
711 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLC071-142330-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050814T2330Z/
LEE-
711 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

BETWEEN 700 AND 705 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL UP TO 
NICKEL SIZE DIAMETER ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING WEST AT 15 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  FORT MYERS.
  SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
  TICE.
  PAGE PARK-PINE MANOR.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
  60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
  EXCESSIVE AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY 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 2655 8164 2672 8169 2667 8191 2647 8189

$$

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000 
WWUS52 KTBW 142333
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
732 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLC071-142342-
/O.EXP.KTBW.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050814T2330Z/
LEE-
732 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
730 PM EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AT AROUND 720 
PM IN GATEWAY...JUST EAST OF FORT MYERS.

THOUGH THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL CONTINUING.  AN URBAN 
FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LEE COUNTY FOR HEAVY RAINS IN THE 
FORT MYERS AREA.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

&&

LAT...LON 2655 8164 2672 8169 2667 8191 2647 8189

$$

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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 14, 1:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
130 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUE)...UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC
BUILDS IN ACROSS FL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH H5 HEIGHTS OVER MUCH OF
THE CWFA RISING FROM 591 TO AROUND 594. THIS WILL PROVIDE WARMING
TEMPS ALOFT AND A DECREASE IN PWAT. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...A
BROAD RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWFA TO THE NE GULF WILL BUILD IN
AND SHIFT NORTHWARD...TO ACROSS NORTHERN FL AND REACH OVER MUCH OF
THE NORTH GULF WATERS. HAVE FAVORED THE GFS WHICH HAS BEEN BETTER
WITH SURFACE FEATURES.

WILL TRIM AFTERNOON POPS DOWN THROUGH THE SCATTERED RANGE AND KEEP
ISOLATED LATE MORNING AND EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO RUN WARM BY 1-3 DEGREES AND BE UNIFORM DAY TO DAY. SOUTHEAST TO
SOUTH FLOW/ FROM SOUTH TO NORTH / WILL BACK SLIGHTLY THROUGH TUE TO
EASTERLY TO SOUTHEAST AS THE RIDGE AXIS EASES TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER
COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL SEE WINDS SHIFT TO ONSHORE DURING AFTERNOON
SEA BREEZES.

.LONG TERM (TUE NGT - SUN)...DRIER AIR MASS WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS
AND INCREASING SUBSIDENCE UNDER DEEP LAYERED RIDGING OVER THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. AND FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO LOWER THAN NORMAL POPS (POPS
30% AT BEST) ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
DESPITE THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE
AND ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE SHIFTS NORTH AND WEST DURING FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS DEPICT MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASING DURING THIS
TIME FRAME SO EXPECT A RETURN TO TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH POPS
NEAR NORMAL (40-50% RANGE) WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG THE SEA/LAKE BREEZE CIRCULATIONS MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THROUGH THE
PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE REGION...THEN
NEAR NORMAL READINGS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS/HIGHER SEAS NEAR/IN
TSTMS. OTHERWISE...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
SOUTHEAST AND THEN EAST THROUGH THE MARINE PERIOD. HOWEVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS WILL SEE WINDS SHIFT TO ONSHORE IN A SEA
BREEZE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 77 93 77 92 / 20 40 20 30
FMY 76 94 76 94 / 20 40 20 30
GIF 76 95 76 95 / 20 40 20 30
SRQ 76 92 76 92 / 20 40 20 30
BKV 73 93 73 93 / 20 40 20 30

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...RKR
LONG TERM....JCM
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 5:30 AM EDT, 13 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
530 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141400-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
530 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG
SEABREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. STORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT
ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES...AND WILL GENERALLY MOVE
TO THE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL
BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINS BRIEFLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING WATER TO COLLECT ON ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS...AND GUSTY WINDS.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
UPDATES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS POSING THE GREATEST
HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
228 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ048>051-141930-
PINELLAS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO-
228 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN CENTRAL
HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO...PINELLAS AND SOUTHERN HERNANDO COUNTIES UNTIL
330 PM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SLOWLY DRIFTING EASTWARD...WILL AFFECT
LUTZ...TOWN N COUNTRY...WEST PARK...TEMPLE
TERRACE...MANGO...BRANDON...AND LAND O LAKES...UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A
LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL.

TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY INTERSTATE 75 AND 275.
SLOW DOWN...AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OVER FLOODED
ROADS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

AR
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
345 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ049-142000-
PASCO-
345 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY CONTINUE IN WESTERN PASCO COUNTY...

BETWEEN 330 AND 345 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN
NEW PORT RICHEY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING LITTLE.

FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY AFFECT...
  PORT RICHEY.
  JASMINE ESTATES.
  NEW PORT RICHEY.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2828 8283 2819 8276 2834 8263 2837 8274

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ052-056-057-142115-
HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK-
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL POLK...NORTHERN HIGHLANDS...AND NORTHEASTERN HARDEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHWARD...WILL AFFECT THE
MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING LAKE WALES...BARTOW...AVON PARK...CROOKED
LAKE PARK...WINTER HAVEN...AND FROSTPROOF...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW
SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH
YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND WAIT
FOR THE STORMS TO MOVE AWAY. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. SLOW DOWN...AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE OVER FLOODED ROADS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

NP
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ052-056-057-142115-
HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK-
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL POLK...NORTHERN HIGHLANDS...AND NORTHEASTERN HARDEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHWARD...WILL AFFECT THE
MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING LAKE WALES...BARTOW...AVON PARK...CROOKED
LAKE PARK...WINTER HAVEN...AND FROSTPROOF...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW
SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH
YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND WAIT
FOR THE STORMS TO MOVE AWAY. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. SLOW DOWN...AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE OVER FLOODED ROADS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

AR
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
503 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ056-057-061-142200-
DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-
503 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN HIGHLANDS...EASTERN
HARDEE AND CENTRAL EASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING AVON PARK...WEST OF LAKE
JOSEPHINE...AND ROAD 66 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN HIGHLANDS AND
AND HARDEE COUNTIES...UNTIL 600 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT
OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL....AND FUNNEL CLOUDS.
TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. SLOW DOWN AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OVER
FLOODED ROADS.

AR
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
545 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

FLZ057-142230-
HIGHLANDS-
545 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL CONTINUE POUNDING RURAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...WILL AFFECT LAKE PLACID...ARCHBOLD AND VENUS...UNTIL 630
PM EDT. 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.

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.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING HIGHWAY 98 FROM LORIDA EAST...STATE ROAD 70
SOUTH OF PLACID LAKES...AND HIGHWAY 27 SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 70...CAN
EXPECT INCLEMENT WEATHER THROUGH 630 PM.  THOSE PLANNING TRIPS MAY
WANT TO DELAY THEM UNTIL THE WEATHER IMPROVES.

BSG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas25 min
Aug 14, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco15 min
Aug 14, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW40 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.