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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this areal flood warning at May 29, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT for Citrus County, Hernando County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at May 28, 9:10 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:10 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 520 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-282130- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 520 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND ARE ALSO LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT. IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FOR TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN AREAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD SELF-ACTIVATE IF UNEXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. CARLISLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 52 min |
| May 28, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 2 hr |
| May 29, 12:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| May 29, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 45 min |
| May 29, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter | 2 hr |
| May 29, 4:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 41 min |
| May 29, 7:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 119 min |
| May 29, 8:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pasco | 66 min |
| May 29, 10:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Sumter | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:41 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 10 hr |
| May 29, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| May 29, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 39 min |
| May 29, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| May 29, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| May 29, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 18 min |
| May 29, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 49 min |
| May 29, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 12 min |
| May 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 63 min |
| May 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| May 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 5 hr |
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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.