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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 29, 2012Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 5:49 AM EDT for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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: May 29, 2012, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Hernando County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 29, 5:15 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:15 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:29 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
529 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-292130-
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-
529 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED
FLOODING...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

...FLOOD IMPACT...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BERYL WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER
OTHER AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE
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, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
448 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 AM     FLOOD            5 WSW FLORAL CITY       28.70N 82.36W
05/29/2012                   CITRUS             FL   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 581 FLOODED IN NORTHERN
            HERNANDO COUNTY AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN CITRUS
            COUNTY.

&&

CARLISLE

Local storm report, May 29, 5:10 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
510 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 AM     FLOOD            2 SSE INVERNESS         28.81N 82.33W
05/29/2012                   CITRUS             FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA REPORTED 6-8 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON COUNTY
            ROAD 581 NEAR INVERNESS AIRPORT.

&&

CARLISLE

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
549 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FLZ042-048-291030-
CITRUS-HERNANDO-
549 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HERNANDO AND
SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS COUNTIES FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 630 AM EDT...

AT 548 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BROOKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THIS STORMS WILL AFFECT GLEN LAKES...BROOKRIDGE...HIGH POINT
AND GARDEN GROVE.

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. EVEN A FOOT
OR MOVING WATER IS ENOUGH TO SWEEP MANY VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 2870 8266 2881 8230 2877 8218 2876 8221
      2871 8225 2865 8227 2857 8221 2857 8215
      2854 8212 2848 8212 2848 8225 2843 8226
      2845 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 265DEG 17KT 2858 8241

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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, 3:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Sumter	3 hr
May 29, 4:27 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Citrus, Sumter	33 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.