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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 18, 2020Hillsborough County, Manatee County, Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2020, 8:53 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, Manatee County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2020, 8:53 AM EDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2020, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 8:53 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 8:53 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 8:29 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
829 AM EDT Mon May 18 2020

FLZ050-151-181315-
Coastal Hillsborough FL-Pinellas FL-
829 AM EDT Mon May 18 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PINELLAS AND
NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM EDT...

At 829 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles west of Palm Harbor to 8 miles
southwest of Harbor Bluffs. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Tampa, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Palm Harbor, South
Highpoint, East Lake, Harbor Bluffs, Feather Sound, Ridgecrest,
Keystone, Safety Harbor, Oldsmar, Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair
Beach, Indian Shores, Belleair Shore, Walsingham Park and Highpoint.

LAT...LON 2810 8288 2817 8264 2816 8262 2810 8259
      2793 8260 2783 8290 2787 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 234DEG 21KT 2805 8294 2785 8295

TBW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
May 18, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		67 min
May 18, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		55 min
May 18, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	46 min
May 18, 8:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas	26 min
May 18, 8:46 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	14 min
May 18, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		30 min
May 18, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		33 min
May 18, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	45 min
May 18, 9:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk	37 min
May 18, 9:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	34 min
May 18, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	45 min
May 18, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.