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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 21, 2007Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2007, 1:32 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 21, 2007, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

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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 Jul 21, 9:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 9:11 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
911 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2007

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-220115-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
911 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...

A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION AND COMBINE WITH THE WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA TO CREATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER COASTAL AREAS
OF THE SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY THIS MORNING AND AREAL COVERAGE SHOULD
INCREASE ELSEWHERE AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND MOVES
INLAND EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW OF
THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND CONTAIN SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THE THUNDER THEN YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

PAXTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 11:35 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWLee25 min
Jul 21, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee35 min
Jul 21, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW50 min
Jul 21, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough27 min
Jul 21, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW89 min
Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk27 min
Jul 21, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW96 min
Jul 21, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW38 min
Jul 21, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Sumter40 min
Jul 21, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

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.