Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2006, 12:19 PM EST for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 116 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
- Feb 3, 2006, 12:19 PM EST (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2006, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 116 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 17:22 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 flash flood 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, 5.3 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KTBW 031722 FFWTBW FLC057-031915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1219 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... TEMPLE TERRACE. TAMPA. BRANDON. MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. * UNTIL 215 PM EST * AT 1219 PM EST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IS TRAINING OVER CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS LINE IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST. AT 1219 PM EST...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS...MANY OF WHICH ARE IMPASSABLE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO HIGHER TERRAIN. DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN && LAT...LON 2797 8263 2780 8256 2778 8226 2810 8232 $$ 17
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Feb 3, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
930 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006
...TORNADO WATCH FROM PASCO COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD INTO LEE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EST...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST
COAST WATERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN FL THROUGH THE DAY...
.DISCUSSION...A SQUALL LINE SYSTEM DEVELOPED AROUND 730 AM EST OVER
THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND MOVED INLAND OVER WESTERN PASCO AND
NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FROM
PASCO COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO LEE COUNTY AS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE AREA. A STRONG MCS EARLIER
PROMPTED A SVR ISSUANCE FOR PASCO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE EVENT IS DEPICTED BY A PROMINENT SHORTWAVE
AHEAD OF A MAIN UPPER TROUGH WHICH IS PROVIDING ENOUGH DYNAMIC
SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN
GULF WATERS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE INLAND THROUGH THE
DAY. FALLING HEIGHTS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING MAIN FRONT BOUNDARY
AND INCREASING FAVORABLE DYNAMICS ALOFT WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH
ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FOR INCREASING CHANCES OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
.MARINE...SCEC IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR ALL MARINE ZONES
EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN MOST NEAR SHORE WATERS. WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KT
RANGE WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS AND WINDS IN THE
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL INCREASE...POSSIBLY INTO THE
SCA RANGE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS TONIGHT. OFFSHORE
WATERS MAY REACH THE 20 TO 25 KNOTS. AN SCA WILL PROBABLY BE ISSUED
LATER TODAY.
&&
.AVIATION...MULTI-LAYERED CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA EXPECTED TODAY WITH
INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AT LOCATIONS NEAR FAVORABLE WATER FETCH
(KPIE/KSPG/KSRQ) GUSTING PERHAPS TOWARD 30KT ONCE AGAIN.
LATER THIS MORNING AND PERHAPS THIS AFTERNOON...ENOUGH LEFTOVER
MOISTURE FROM THE ONGOING CONVECTION TO OUR NORTHWEST COMBINED WITH
INCREASING JET DYNAMICS WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE TAMPA
BAY AND SARASOTA TERMINALS AFTER 15Z...WITH PERHAPS SOME THUNDER IN
THE AFTERNOON. MORE ORGANIZED RAIN AND WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM ORGANIZES
FURTHER.
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...TORNADO WATCH FOR PASCO...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...POLK...
MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...DESOTO...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE
AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EST.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THIS EVENING
BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS FROM 20 TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE AND FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT
TO 20 NM INCLUDING TAMPA BAY.
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON
ALL OTHER WATERS EXCEPT FOR BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM.
&&
ARHazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:05 AM EST, 7 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 505 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-031615- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- 505 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LEVY...CITRUS... SUMTER...HERNANDO...AND PASCO COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PRODUCE LIKELY CHANCES FOR RAIN WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALL POSSIBLE. ALSO...HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL MEAN THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD BRING SOME INLAND FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR AREAS OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS AS YOU CANNOT TELL IF THE ROADWAY UNDERNEATH HAS COLLAPSED. FOR MARINERS...EXPECT WINDS TO PICK UP TO SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO OUR REGION. MARINERS MAY WANT TO POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE PERIOD. READINGS MAY HIT THE FREEZING MARK MONDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY. FLZ050>052-055>057-060-061-031615- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DE SOTO- 505 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH... POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...AND DESOTO COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PRODUCE LIKELY CHANCES FOR RAIN WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. FOR MARINERS...EXPECT WINDS AT SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA TODAY AND THEN ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO OUR REGION. MARINERS MAY WANT TO POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. THE STRONGER WINDS OVER THE WATERS MEANS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THOSE SWIMMERS WHO WANT TO VENTURE INTO THE WATERS TODAY ARE URGED TO SWIM AT LIFEGUARDED BEACHES AND TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY. FLZ062-065-031615- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 505 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PRODUCE A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY. FOR MARINERS...EXPECT WINDS AT SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA TODAY AND THEN ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO OUR REGION. MARINERS MAY WANT TO POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. THE STRONGER WINDS OVER THE WATERS MEANS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THOSE SWIMMERS WHO WANT TO VENTURE INTO THE WATERS TODAY ARE URGED TO SWIM AT LIFEGUARDED BEACHES AND TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING. A SQUALL LINE MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REGION WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG AND IN ANY INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:47 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 747 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 FLZ049>051-031415- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO- 747 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT THE TAMPA BAY REGION... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TAMPA BAY REGION DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. IN PARTICULAR...MUCH OF PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTY WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM EST. THIS LINE WILL ALSO AFFECT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. NP
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:16 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 916 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 FLZ050-051-031530- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 916 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT THE TAMPA BAY REGION THIS MORNING... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE TAMPA BAY REGION THROUGH 1030 AM EST. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE LINE OF STORMS INCLUDES TAMPA...SAINT PETERSBURG...BRANDON...BLOOMINDALE...MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE...AND MADEIRA BEACH. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. NP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:02 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Feb 3, 7:47 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 88 min | |
| Feb 3, 7:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 33 min |
| Feb 3, 10:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 48 min | |
| Feb 3, 11:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 86 min |
| Feb 3, 12:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Feb 3, 12:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Feb 3, 2:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Feb 3, 2:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 105 min |
| Feb 3, 2:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 24 min |
| Feb 3, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 24 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.