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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 4, 2013Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2013, 4:23 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2013, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hillsborough County, FL

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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:33 AM EDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
255 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

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

0200 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NNE WEEKI WACHEE      28.52N 82.57W
07/04/2013  M42 MPH          HERNANDO           FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 1 NNE WEEKI WACHEE /XWKI/
            REPORTED A 42 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
257 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

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

0200 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NNE WEEKI WACHEE      28.52N 82.57W
07/04/2013  M42 MPH          HERNANDO           FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 1 NNE WEEKI WACHEE /XWKI/
            REPORTED A 42 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
304 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

FLZ055-060-041930-
MANATEE-SARASOTA-
304 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL MANATEE
AND SARASOTA COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS
VALID UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYAKKA RIVER STATE
PARK...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PORT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30
MPH WILL AFFECT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK...BEE RIDGE...LAKEWOOD RANCH
AND DESOTO LAKES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 191 AND 217.

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.
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. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2742 8258 2754 8235 2717 8209 2705 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 149DEG 27KT 2720 8227

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:31 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:11 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	38 hr
Jul 4, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando	36 min
Jul 4, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		50 min
Jul 4, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	26 min
Jul 4, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee, Manatee	29 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	33 min
Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	48 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	33 min
Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	38 min
Jul 4, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto	52 min
Jul 4, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		61 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk	38 min
Jul 4, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		66 min
Jul 4, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter	42 min
Jul 4, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
Jul 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus	43 min
Jul 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.