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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 4:22 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 7, 2014, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 309 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON SCHEDULE WITH OUTFLOW AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES BEGINNING TO PUSH INLAND. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER THE INTERIOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL FEATURE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE AT THE SURFACE AND NO REAL SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING TO SPEAK OF ALOFT. MODELS DO SHOW SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER MID-LEVEL AIR MOVING IN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...AND THIS COULD HELP TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES ENOUGH TO RESULT IN MORE CONCENTRATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR. EVEN SO...WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 500MB TEMPERATURES OF -7C AS OPPOSED TO -6C TODAY. INITIAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS NEAR THE COAST ON FRIDAY WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THEY PUSH EAST OF I-75 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .LONG TERM (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FRIDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY)... FOR THE WEEKEND...THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER RATHER LIGHT FLOW WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BOTH THE ECMWF AND THE GFS SHOW A SURFACE LOW FORMING AROUND THE CAROLINAS ON SUNDAY AND MOVING OFFSHORE FOR MONDAY. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT NORTH SOME THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WITH SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW CONTINUING. THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WILL BE THE DOMINANT FACTOR IN CONVECTION...WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES CONTINUING TO BE OVER INLAND AREAS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .AVIATION... STILL EXPECTING MAINLY VFR BUT KTPA...KPGD...KFMY...AND KRSW WILL HAVE STORMS NEARBY AND COULD BRIEFLY SEE IFR CONDITIONS IF ONE MOVES OVERHEAD. ACTIVITY WILL PUSH INLAND WITH KLAL HAVING HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR IFR AFTER 20Z. ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR AFTER 02Z WITH SOME TSRA DEVELOPING AGAIN TOWARD END OF TAF PERIOD. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL PRODUCE LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND SEAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BECOMES THE DOMINANT FEATURE BY THE WEEKEND...PRODUCING LIGHT EAST SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW AND SEAS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BE MINIMAL. THE ONLY OTHER HAZARDS WILL BE HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 78 91 78 90 / 10 40 30 50 FMY 76 92 76 92 / 20 50 30 50 GIF 75 93 75 93 / 30 60 20 50 SRQ 76 90 75 90 / 10 30 20 40 BKV 72 92 72 92 / 10 40 20 50 SPG 80 90 79 90 / 10 40 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...JILLSON PREVIOUS LONG TERM...CARLISLE MARINE...WYNN DECISION SUPPORT...DAVIS/MCMICHAEL
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:16 AM EDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 516 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-GMZ830-836-850-853-856-870- 873-876-080930- SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND- 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- 516 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CARLISLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:23 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 323 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 FLZ052-056-061-251-255-260-072000- DESOTO-HARDEE-POLK-INLAND MANATEE-INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH- 323 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA...EASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHWESTERN POLK...WESTERN DESOTO AND WESTERN HARDEE COUNTIES... AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT LONESOME TO 8 MILES WEST OF PINE LEVEL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FISH HAWK TO 14 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK...FORT LONESOME...DUETTE AND MYAKKA CITY...UNTIL 400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN. && LAT...LON 2781 8176 2707 8179 2710 8220 2781 8218 TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 293DEG 6KT 2768 8209 2723 8211
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
422 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
FLZ057-072100-
HIGHLANDS-
422 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR PLACID LAKES...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT LAKE
PLACID..LAKE JOSEPHINE...VENUS...AND ARCHBOLD...UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.
&&
LAT...LON 2703 8127 2704 8148 2734 8155 2742 8140
2737 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 260DEG 4KT 2722 8142The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Polk | 58 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.