Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2016, 4:58 AM EST for Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Suncoast Estates, FL | POWER POLES AND LINES KNOCKED DOWN ALONG TAMMY LANE IN NORTH FORT MYERS. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Fort Myers Shores, FL | LARGE TREES KNOCKED DOWN ALONG WEST COURT PLACE IN BUCKINGHAM. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 12:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
869
WUUS52 KTBW 170958
SVRTBW
FLC015-071-171030-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0013.160117T0958Z-160117T1030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
458 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EST
* AT 456 AM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BABCOCK RANCH TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVERS
KEY STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...BONITA SPRINGS...LEHIGH ACRES...OLGA...
BABCOCK RANCH...CYPRESS LAKE...PINE MANOR...BUCKINGHAM...THREE
OAKS...EAST DUNBAR...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT...SAN CARLOS PARK...
IONA...PALMONA PARK...LOCHMOOR WATERWAY ESTATES...VILLAS...
MCGREGOR...BABCOCK WEBB WMA AND CHARLESTON PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
WITH THESE STORMS. 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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2633 8184 2637 8183 2638 8188 2640 8184
2646 8187 2643 8191 2639 8187 2649 8199
2642 8208 2643 8208 2647 8206 2646 8206
2653 8202 2650 8205 2703 8184 2703 8157
2643 8156 2642 8166 2632 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0956Z 259DEG 45KT 2701 8181 2623 8212
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 1:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 58 min |
| Jan 17, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 3:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 3:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 3:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 3:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 12 min |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 117 min |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 4:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 55 min |
| Jan 17, 5:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 24 hr |
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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.