Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT for Levy 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 25, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Levy County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310
WUUS52 KTBW 251919
SVRTBW
FLC075-252000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.140525T1919Z-140525T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
319 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEVY COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF OTTER CREEK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF CHIEFLAND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2944 8296 2944 8286 2938 8275 2932 8272
2926 8279 2923 8289 2929 8298 2937 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 243DEG 4KT 2933 8288
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KTBW 251930
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
330 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014
FLC075-252000-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140525T2000Z/
LEVY FL-
330 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL LEVY COUNTY...
AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF OTTER CREEK...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CHIEFLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2944 8296 2944 8286 2938 8275 2932 8272
2926 8279 2923 8289 2929 8298 2937 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 243DEG 4KT 2934 8287
$$150
WWUS52 KTBW 251948
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
348 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014
FLC075-251958-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140525T2000Z/
LEVY FL-
348 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEVY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS IT WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL UNTIL IT
FULLY DISSIPATES.
LAT...LON 2944 8296 2944 8286 2938 8275 2932 8272
2926 8279 2923 8289 2929 8298 2937 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 243DEG 4KT 2935 8285
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 35 min |
| May 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 30 min | |
| May 25, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 28 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 54 min |
| May 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 52 min | |
| May 25, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| May 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| May 25, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 49 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.