Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2006, 8:43 PM EDT for DeSoto 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2006, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County DeSoto County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 28, 8:33 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 8:33 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:13 AM EDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 513 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-281500- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- 513 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL TO THE COAST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SUNSHINE AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL GIVE WAY TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA ONCE AGAIN. THIS EVENING...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT PUSH THEM BACK TOWARD THE SUNCOAST AND BEYOND...PROVIDING MANY AREAS THEIR FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAINS IN THREE WEEKS. THE RAINS MAY COME WITH A PRICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO DEVELOP. STRONGER STORMS IN THE COMPLEX WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL WHICH MAY EXCEED THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY FOR A TORNADO OR TWO AS LOW LEVEL ROTATION COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STRONGEST CELLS. TOTAL RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...BUT NOTABLE FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY OFF THE GULF COAST AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY BEFORE SUNRISE ON MEMORIAL DAY. RESIDENTS OF THE SUNCOAST FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH AS WELL AS INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...AND MOST RESIDENTS HAVE NOT YET EXPERIENCED THE TYPICAL LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SINCE THE 2005 RAINY SEASON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY WILL FEATURE A RETURN TO FAIR WEATHER. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND OVER INLAND AREAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN RAIN FREE...BUT STILL WARM AND INCREASINGLY HUMID...CONDITIONS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. && FOR UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW FOR LIGHTNING PRECAUTIONS...CHECK THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.LIGHTNINGSAFETY.NOAA.GOV FLZ055>057-060>062-065-281500- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 513 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SUNNY AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS HIGHLANDS COUNTY...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN A BRIEF DOWNPOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. BY TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PENINSULA MAY PUSH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...AND DESOTO COUNTIES. SHOULD THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WOULD PRODUCE SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL FOR COASTAL RESIDENTS LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS OF MEMORIAL DAY. ANY STRONG STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY DROP UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BEFORE SUNRISE ON MEMORIAL DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY WILL FEATURE A RETURN TO FAIR WEATHER...EXCEPT FOR AN ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM OVER CHARLOTTE OR LEE COUNTY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES AS DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNS...WITH ISOLATED STORMS ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED STORMS AT BEST...BUT WARM AND INCREASINGLY HUMID...CONDITIONS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS MAY WISH TO SELF ACTIVATE THIS EVENING SHOULD THE EXPECTED LINE OR CLUSTER OF STORMS FROM TAMPA BAY TO POINTS NORTH...DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. BSG
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
341 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL ZEPHYRHILLS 28.24N 82.18W
05/28/2006 M0.75 INCH PASCO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
7300 BLOCK OF GAUL BLVD.
&&
NOAHLocal storm report, May 28, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM HAIL 10 SW WILLISTON 29.27N 82.57W
05/28/2006 E0.50 INCH LEVY FL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
NOAHSpecial weather statement, May 28, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 646 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLZ043-282315- SUMTER- 646 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WILDWOOD...UNTIL 715 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 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. JLC
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 730 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLZ048-049-290000- HERNANDO-PASCO- 730 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST HERNANDO AND NORTHEAST PASCO... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT RIDGE MANOR AND LACOOCHEE...UNTIL 800 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JLC
Local storm report, May 28, 7:54 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL 3 N SEBRING 27.53N 81.45W
05/28/2006 E0.75 INCH HIGHLANDS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
ALONG HIGHWAY 27.
0751 PM HAIL 4 W SEBRING 27.49N 81.52W
05/28/2006 E1.25 INCH HIGHLANDS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
AT HIGHLANDS HAMMOCK STATE PARK.
&&
NOAHSpecial weather statement, May 28, 8:18 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.