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Tropical Storm Warning 1014, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tropical storm warning at Oct 5, 2016, 11:39 AM EDT for 8 counties in Florida. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2016, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 11:58 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Levy County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tropical storm warning 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 tropical storm warning went out at Oct 5, 7:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 7:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 4:37 AM EDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 437 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 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- 873-876-060900- 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- 437 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS CAUSED MINOR RIVER FLOODING ON THE LITTLE MANATEE AND ALAFIA RIVERS ALONG WITH HORSE CREEK. ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE RISES ON OTHER AREA RIVERS AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HURRICANE MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND THEN OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN FLORIDA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AS ANY WESTWARD SHIFT IN A FORECAST TRACK COULD INCREASE IMPACTS TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MATTHEW CAN BE FOUND IN HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA OFFICE. ...MARINE IMPACTS... WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MCKAUGHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 12:24 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 8 more | 60 hr |
| Oct 5, 6:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 19 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 3 hr |
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.