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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 20, 2020Hardee County, Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2020, 1:27 PM EDT for Hardee County, Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 20, 2020, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hardee County, FL, Manatee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 20, 7:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2020-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 12:00Z on 2020-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
22.1

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The text

As transmitted.

395 
WUUS52 KTBW 201727
SVRTBW
FLC049-081-201800-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.200420T1727Z-200420T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
127 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Hardee County in central Florida...
  Northern Manatee County in west central Florida...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 126 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Greater Sun Center to near
  Ellenton to near Anna Maria, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bradenton, Palmetto, Ellenton, South Bradenton, Parrish, West
  Bradenton, West Samoset, Memphis, Bradenton Beach, Lake Manatee
  State Park, Cortez, Samoset, Duette, Oneco and Bayshore Gardens.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2753 8254 2765 8231 2764 8200 2759 8207
      2745 8240 2743 8276 2745 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 264DEG 31KT 2762 8231 2754 8247 2747 8270 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW117 min
Apr 20, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy42 min
Apr 20, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy45 min
Apr 20, 8:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy32 min
Apr 20, 9:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy18 min
Apr 20, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Apr 20, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus31 min
Apr 20, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Sumter38 min
Apr 20, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Levy, Sumter16 min
Apr 20, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Sumter36 min
Apr 20, 10:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWSumter27 min
Apr 20, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter40 min
Apr 20, 11:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco38 min
Apr 20, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas30 min
Apr 20, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Apr 20, 11:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Pinellas50 min
Apr 20, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter27 min
Apr 20, 12:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter36 min
Apr 20, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas31 min
Apr 20, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough42 min
Apr 20, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk34 min
Apr 20, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee34 min
Apr 20, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk25 min
Apr 20, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk34 min
Apr 20, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk35 min
Apr 20, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Apr 20, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk35 min
Apr 20, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Manatee45 min
Apr 20, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands48 min
Apr 20, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands31 min
Apr 20, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.