Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Mar 31, 2011, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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359 
WUUS52 KTBW 311625
SVRTBW
FLC057-081-103-311700-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.110331T1625Z-110331T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1225 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  NORTHWESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  SOUTHEASTERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANNA
  MARIA ISLAND...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENTON.
  PARRISH.
  RUSKIN.
  SUN CITY CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 220 AND 240.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 275 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2751 8270 2755 8263 2760 8261 2764 8265
      2761 8273 2770 8273 2769 8271 2764 8271
      2766 8268 2769 8269 2771 8264 2766 8266
      2761 8258 2772 8250 2774 8218 2746 8248
      2745 8270 2755 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 247DEG 55KT 2768 8259

$$

JOHNSON

299 
WWUS52 KTBW 311649
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1249 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

FLC057-081-103-311700-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110331T1700Z/
MANATEE FL-PINELLAS FL-HILLSBOROUGH FL-
1249 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHERN PINELLAS AND NORTHWESTERN
MANATEE COUNTIES...

AT 1244 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMETTO...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

AT 1236 PM EDT A WIND GUST OF 88 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE NORTH TOWER 
OF THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 275 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2751 8270 2755 8263 2760 8261 2764 8265
      2761 8273 2770 8273 2769 8271 2764 8271
      2766 8268 2769 8269 2771 8264 2766 8266
      2761 8258 2772 8250 2774 8218 2746 8248
      2745 8270 2755 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 247DEG 55KT 2767 8257

$$

JOHNSON

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.