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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 17, 2016Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 17, 5:05 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Suncoast Estates, FLPOWER POLES AND LINES KNOCKED DOWN ALONG TAMMY LANE IN NORTH FORT MYERS. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Jan 17, 5:25 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 E Fort Myers Shores, FLLARGE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 17, 12:47 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 1:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas27 min
Jan 17, 1:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Jan 17, 2:03 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW42 min
Jan 17, 2:35 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pinellas3 hr
Jan 17, 2:41 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW49 min
Jan 17, 2:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota58 min
Jan 17, 2:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota38 min
Jan 17, 2:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota34 min
Jan 17, 3:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Jan 17, 3:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter31 min
Jan 17, 3:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee33 min
Jan 17, 3:28 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTBWManatee32 min
Jan 17, 3:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota27 min
Jan 17, 3:34 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW26 min
Jan 17, 3:38 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWSarasota20 min
Jan 17, 3:39 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW36 min
Jan 17, 3:45 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk12 min
Jan 17, 3:49 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota26 min
Jan 17, 3:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee14 min
Jan 17, 4:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Polk43 min
Jan 17, 4:03 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota117 min
Jan 17, 4:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Jan 17, 4:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee45 min
Jan 17, 4:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota30 min
Jan 17, 4:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota43 min
Jan 17, 4:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk36 min
Jan 17, 4:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota39 min
Jan 17, 4:44 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota31 min
Jan 17, 4:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee, Highlands, Polk55 min
Jan 17, 5:07 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte23 min
Jan 17, 5:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands47 min
Jan 17, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTBWSarasota4 days
Jan 17, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto24 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.