Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2015, 5:54 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 15, 2015, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hillsborough County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Davis Islands, FL | DAVIS ISLAND YACHT CLUB REPORT SEVERAL DRY DOCKED BOATS WERE BLOWN OVER. |
| Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Peter O Knight Airport, FL | PETER O KNIGHT AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 48 KNOTS OR 55 MPH AT 555 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242
WUUS52 KTBW 152154
SVRTBW
FLC057-152230-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.150615T2154Z-150615T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
554 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER TAMPA...AND MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAMPA...EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...EGYPT
LAKE-LETO...PALM RIVER-CLAIR MEL...TOWN 'N' COUNTRY...MACDILL AIR
FORCE BASE...CITRUS PARK...GREATER CARROLLWOOD...KEYSTONE...WEST
PARK...OLDSMAR...DAVIS ISLANDS...PETER O KNIGHT AIRPORT...SOUTH
TAMPA...RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM...ORIENT PARK...SOHO...GIBSONTON AND
PALM RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2811 8264 2799 8234 2779 8236 2780 8241
2782 8239 2788 8240 2790 8244 2793 8246
2792 8249 2786 8249 2783 8247 2783 8254
2794 8253 2797 8256 2799 8264 2802 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 109DEG 27KT 2793 8247
$$1 follow-up statement
032
WWUS52 KTBW 152214
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
614 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015
FLC057-152230-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150615T2230Z/
HILLSBOROUGH FL-
614 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
AT 613 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER TOWN 'N' COUNTRY...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TAMPA... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAMPA...EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TOWN
'N' COUNTRY...EGYPT LAKE-LETO...CITRUS PARK...GREATER CARROLLWOOD...
PALM RIVER-CLAIR MEL...KEYSTONE...WEST PARK...OLDSMAR...DAVIS
ISLANDS...UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA...CARROLLWOOD...WESTCHASE...PETER O
KNIGHT AIRPORT...RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM...ORIENT PARK...SOHO AND
CHANNELSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2811 8264 2799 8234 2790 8244 2793 8246
2792 8249 2794 8253 2797 8256 2799 8264
2802 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 119DEG 27KT 2804 8259
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 25 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Jun 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Jun 15, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.