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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 1, 2008Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT for Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 1, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Levy County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1649 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTBW 011920
SVRTBW
FLC075-011945-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.080601T1920Z-080601T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
320 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LEVY COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...OVER WILLISTON...MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILLISTON.
  BRONSON.

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

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813-645-2323.

&&

LAT...LON 2949 8255 2949 8254 2949 8241 2948 8240
      2928 8240 2927 8261 2952 8265 2953 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 177DEG 6KT 2936 8251

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 011948
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
347 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

FLC075-011957-
/O.EXP.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080601T1945Z/
LEVY-
347 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LEVY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 
THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER 
NORTHEAST LEVY COUNTY AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 2949 8255 2949 8254 2949 8241 2948 8240
      2928 8240 2927 8261 2952 8265 2953 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 177DEG 6KT 2936 8251

$$

13

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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.