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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 18, 2009Charlotte County, Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2009, 5:39 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 18, 2009, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2009-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1767 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 2009-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
1767 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough53 min
Jun 17, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Jun 17, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota26 min
Jun 17, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota34 min
Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy46 min
Jun 18, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy29 min
Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter47 min
Jun 18, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy21 min
Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus41 min
Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy60 min
Jun 18, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter52 min
Jun 18, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy32 min
Jun 18, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando58 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Polk26 min
Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk44 min
Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough35 min
Jun 18, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Highlands58 min
Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee60 min
Jun 18, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands41 min
Jun 18, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte54 min
Jun 18, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW58 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee53 min
Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee50 min
Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW53 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWLee60 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.