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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

December 20, 2020Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 20, 2020, 6:11 PM EST for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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: Dec 20, 2020, 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 20, 2020, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hillsborough 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 Dec 20, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 5:49 PM EST, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 12:50 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		40 min
Dec 20, 1:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		47 min
Dec 20, 1:36 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		22 hr
Dec 20, 1:37 PM EST	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	35 hr
Dec 20, 2:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		30 min
Dec 20, 3:56 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		34 min
Dec 20, 4:05 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		40 min
Dec 20, 4:27 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		48 min
Dec 20, 5:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		33 min
Dec 20, 5:43 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		32 min
Dec 20, 5:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	41 min
Dec 20, 6:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		31 min
Dec 20, 6:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	118 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.