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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Nnw Bonita Springs, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976
WWUS82 KTBW 032003
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
403 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
FLZ065-032045-
LEE-
403 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LEE COUNTY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS VALID
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF BONITA SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH WILL AFFECT
GATEWAY...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT AND ESTERO.
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE MAY OCCUR. FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS
EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND
A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH
HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND
OTHER VEHICLES.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
&&
LAT...LON 2654 8191 2665 8165 2651 8156 2642 8156
2642 8157 2641 8166 2632 8165 2631 8166
2631 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 270DEG 2KT 2647 8173
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 38 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.