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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 1, 20096 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 1, 2009, 1:25 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 2, 2009, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2009, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2009, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 2, 2009, 8:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2009-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 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 2009-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:27 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter18 hr
Mar 1, 3:37 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWPinellas41 hr
Mar 1, 3:49 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter35 hr
Mar 1, 6:25 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Mar 1, 7:22 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW53 min
Mar 1, 9:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW58 min
Mar 1, 1:17 PM ESTFreeze WatchTBWSumter15 hr
Mar 1, 1:28 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter30 hr
Mar 1, 6:02 PM ESTFreeze WarningTBW14 hr

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.