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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 19, 2021Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2021, 5:48 AM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2021, 5:48 AM EDT (09:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2021, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Polk County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 939 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
939 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted.

724 
WUUS52 KTBW 190948
SVRTBW
FLC105-191030-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0013.210419T0948Z-210419T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
548 AM EDT Mon Apr 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Polk County in central Florida...

* Until 630 AM EDT.

* At 548 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
  of Avon Park, moving east at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  River Ranch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a
small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2765 8113 2765 8139 2778 8141 2781 8120
      2778 8119 2776 8118 2775 8118 2774 8116
      2773 8117 2771 8115 2767 8115 2766 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0948Z 267DEG 17KT 2769 8131 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TBW
1 follow-up statement
642 
WWUS52 KTBW 191002
SVSTBW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
602 AM EDT Mon Apr 19 2021

FLC105-191030-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210419T1030Z/
Polk FL-
602 AM EDT Mon Apr 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY...

At 602 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northwest
of Kissimmee Prarie Preserve, or 15 miles south of Lake Kissimmee,
moving east at 20 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
River Ranch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a
small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2765 8113 2765 8130 2774 8131 2781 8120
      2778 8119 2776 8118 2775 8118 2774 8116
      2773 8117 2771 8115 2767 8115 2766 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 267DEG 17KT 2769 8124 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW37 min
Apr 18, 9:26 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas34 min
Apr 18, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas35 min
Apr 18, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk22 min
Apr 18, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk44 min
Apr 19, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Apr 19, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk46 min
Apr 19, 4:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee27 min
Apr 19, 4:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk34 min
Apr 19, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Apr 19, 5:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk44 min
Apr 19, 5:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee48 min
Apr 19, 5:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPolk2 hr
Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Apr 19, 6:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee39 min
Apr 19, 6:44 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee36 min
Apr 19, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands41 min
Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHardee, Highlands2 hr
Apr 19, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands60 min
Apr 19, 10:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte39 min
Apr 19, 2:22 PM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota30 hr
Apr 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands30 min
Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands27 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.