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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 24, 2016Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:29 PM EST for Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
Feb 24, 2016, 1:29 PM EST (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 2:15 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 1:37 PM ESTTORNADO3 N Harbour Heights, FLTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO.

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 415 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
415 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted.

784 
WUUS52 KTBW 241829
SVRTBW
FLC015-027-115-241915-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.160224T1829Z-160224T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
129 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DESOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 128 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT
  CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH PORT...PUNTA GORDA...ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE COUNTY
  AIRPORT...SOUTHEAST ARCADIA...SOLANA...LAKE SUZY...BROWNVILLE...
  CLEVELAND...NOCATEE...FORT OGDEN...CHARLOTTE HARBOR...CHARLOTTE PARK
  AND HARBOUR HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 2687 8206 2687 8207 2692 8209 2692 8208
      2694 8206 2696 8208 2695 8210 2697 8210
      2696 8211 2710 8218 2733 8177 2701 8159
      2685 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 243DEG 21KT 2705 8205 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:01 AM ESTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota63 hr
Feb 24, 4:01 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota39 hr
Feb 24, 6:01 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Feb 24, 6:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Feb 24, 7:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus35 min
Feb 24, 7:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW92 min
Feb 24, 8:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough43 min
Feb 24, 9:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Feb 24, 9:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee43 min
Feb 24, 9:49 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWPasco, Polk, Sumter11 min
Feb 24, 10:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas32 min
Feb 24, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk58 min
Feb 24, 11:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Feb 24, 11:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW28 min
Feb 24, 11:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk27 min
Feb 24, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Feb 24, 12:02 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee28 min
Feb 24, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota45 min
Feb 24, 12:30 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk30 min
Feb 24, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota29 min
Feb 24, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota31 min
Feb 24, 1:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW86 min
Feb 24, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota24 min
Feb 24, 1:36 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto24 min
Feb 24, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto30 min
Feb 24, 2:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, DeSoto119 min
Feb 24, 2:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.