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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 1:09 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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, 2015, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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
- 784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1120 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2015 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- 873-876-081530- 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- COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1120 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. REMEMBER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATIONS...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS MAY PRODUCE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ON SATURDAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION. MORE TYPICAL AFTERNOON STORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL BRING MORE FREQUENT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH AS WINDS DIMINISH ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. MCMICHAEL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:38 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 39 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 22 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 49 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.