Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WWUS82 KTBW 021821
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
221 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
FLZ165-265-021845-
INLAND LEE-COASTAL LEE-
221 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LEE
COUNTY...
AT 221 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER IMMOKALEE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEHIGH ACRES...CHARLESTON PARK...THREE OAKS...SAN CARLOS PARK AND
ESTERO.
LAT...LON 2640 8185 2675 8158 2674 8157 2642 8156
2642 8166 2633 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 136DEG 14KT 2640 8148
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.