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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 344 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SATURDAY)...LARGE MCS IN THE NORTHEAST GULF PRODUCED SINKING AIR ALOFT WHICH RESULTED IN WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES OVER THE TAMPA BAY AREA THIS MORNING. SINCE THEN...THE MCS HAS MOVED WESTWARD AND THE SUBSIDENCE IS NO LONGER A LIMITING FACTOR FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HEATING AND BOUNDARY COLLISIONS WILL PRODUCE SUFFICIENT LIFT TO INITIATE CONVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH A FEW LIKELY APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OFF THE COAST BY 8 OR 9 PM. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY APPEAR TO BE QUITE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS NEAR OR EVEN ABOVE 2 INCHES...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A WEAK SEA BREEZE AT BEST PINNED RIGHT AT THE GULF COAST. WILL SHOW 50 TO 60 PERCENT RAIN CHANCES EACH AFTERNOON AND DO EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STRONG STORMS WITH A CHANCE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS AS WELL. .LONG TERM (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION SATURDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY)... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE AREA WILL WASH OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM NORTH OF THE AREA. MAINLY EASTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEADING TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES. && .AVIATION... EAST COAST SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE LAGGING THIS AFTERNOON BUT INCREASED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 18Z-20Z. EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TO SHIFT WESTWARD AND AFFECT COASTAL TAF SITES AROUND 20Z-22Z. ADDED A TEMPO IN FOR ALL TAF SITES FOR TSRA AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 0Z - 02Z. && .MARINE...SEAS ARE RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET BUT MAY BE CLOSE TO 4 FEET IN THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS WITH THE PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW. THE EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE TO THE NORTH OF THE WATERS. A WEAK SEA BREEZE MAY DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO MAJOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 77 91 77 90 / 40 60 20 50 FMY 75 93 76 92 / 30 60 20 50 GIF 75 93 75 91 / 30 60 20 50 SRQ 75 91 76 92 / 50 60 20 50 BKV 73 92 74 90 / 30 60 20 50 SPG 78 91 78 89 / 50 60 20 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...JILLSON PREVIOUS LONG TERM...CARLISLE AVIATION...BARRON
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:41 AM EDT, 11 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 441 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-222045- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-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- 441 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WITH THE BEST CHANCES REMAINING CLOSE TO THE WEST COAST. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG AGAIN TODAY WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... GENERALLY EASTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...WITH AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST EACH DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CARLISLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
320 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
FLZ042-043-222000-
SUMTER-CITRUS-
320 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CITRUS AND NORTHERN
SUMTER COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED NEAR SUMTERVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF WILDWOOD...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT ADAMSVILLE...BUSHNELL...SUMTERVILLE
AND WILDWOOD...UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 314 AND 329.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA
SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2899 8234 2896 8230 2896 8210 2883 8195
2871 8195 2863 8200 2872 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 119DEG 9KT 2876 8204Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
325 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
FLZ052-057-222015-
HIGHLANDS-POLK-
325 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SEBRING...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT AVON
PARK AIR FORCE RANGE...INDIAN LAKE ESTATES AND FROSTPROOF...UNTIL 415
PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2750 8124 2773 8177 2803 8143 2800 8141
2801 8139 2804 8142 2809 8136 2807 8134
2801 8139 2792 8130 2787 8130 2785 8123
2782 8120 2765 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 129DEG 21KT 2763 8126Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:26 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
326 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
FLZ039-042-222030-
LEVY-CITRUS-
326 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CITRUS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
LEVY COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED NEAR INGLIS...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTA...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT LEBANON...BEVERLY HILLS...CRYSTAL
RIVER AND CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT...UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT 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.
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2915 8277 2921 8255 2917 8253 2906 8253
2904 8251 2906 8249 2905 8247 2892 8240
2884 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 342DEG 6KT 2906 8261Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
341 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
FLZ050-222030-
PINELLAS-
341 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PINELLAS COUNTY...
AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR LARGO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WILL
AFFECT CALADESI ISLAND...CLEARWATER BEACH...CLEARWATER AND
BELLEAIR...UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 275 BETWEEN EXITS 6 AND 32.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA
SIZE HAIL. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE
A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2809 8282 2806 8279 2808 8278 2817 8284
2818 8280 2817 8265 2801 8265 2798 8268
2796 8262 2794 8271 2788 8258 2770 8263
2769 8271 2764 8270 2767 8268 2764 8267
2761 8273 2761 8274 2772 8275 2786 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 289DEG 11KT 2791 8277Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
406 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
FLZ042-048-049-222045-
CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
CITRUS...HERNANDO...AND PASCO COUNTIES FOR A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS VALID UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTH OF CRYSTAL MANOR TO BROOKSVILLE TO LAND O LAKES...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTA
TO BROOKSVILLE TO LUTZ...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH WILL AFFECT CRYSTAL
RIVER...CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT...HOMOSASSA SPRINGS AND CHASSAHOWITZKA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 274 AND 301.
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. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS
LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2819 8281 2822 8278 2854 8267 2881 8272
2878 8275 2893 8270 2900 8275 2903 8271
2906 8249 2901 8235 2879 8217 2865 8227
2857 8221 2852 8206 2826 8206 2826 8211
2818 8211 2818 8285 2822 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 255DEG 4KT 2909 8258 2855 8242
2820 8250Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 89 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 95 min |
| Aug 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pasco | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 89 min | |
| Aug 22, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hardee | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 96 min |
| Aug 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.