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Tropical Storm Warning 1014, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 5, 20168 counties in Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 812 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 12:24 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 8 more60 hr
Oct 5, 6:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough19 hr
Oct 5, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW3 hr

Nearby

Tropical Storm Warnings in Florida, 2016Every tropical storm warning in 2016

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.