Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 3:16 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2021, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Wsw Fort Myers Villas, FL | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME-SIZED HAIL (0.75 IN.). RADAR DATA SUPPORTS HAIL AT TIME OF REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
937
WUUS52 KTBW 241916
SVRTBW
FLC071-241945-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0019.210624T1916Z-210624T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
316 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Lee County in southwestern Florida...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Harlem
Heights, or 9 miles southeast of Cape Coral, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Saint James City, Whiskey Creek, Page Park,
Page Field Airport, McGregor, Punta Rassa, Fort Myers Villas and
Pine Manor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2641 8205 2644 8220 2665 8220 2661 8184
2643 8185 2641 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 089DEG 17KT 2652 8194
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TBW2 follow-up statements
786
WWUS52 KTBW 241931
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
331 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021
FLC071-241945-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210624T1945Z/
Lee FL-
331 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
At 330 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Iona, or 8
miles south of Cape Coral, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Saint James City, Whiskey Creek, Page Park,
Page Field Airport, McGregor, Punta Rassa, Fort Myers Villas and Pine
Manor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2641 8205 2644 8220 2665 8220 2661 8184
2643 8185 2641 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 088DEG 15KT 2652 8200
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TBW804
WWUS52 KTBW 241946
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
346 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021
FLC071-241956-
/O.EXP.KTBW.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210624T1945Z/
Lee FL-
346 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 2641 8205 2644 8220 2665 8220 2661 8184
2643 8185 2641 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 091DEG 19KT 2653 8210
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 23 min | |
| Jun 23, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 44 min | |
| Jun 23, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 52 min | |
| Jun 23, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 48 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 66 min | |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 93 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.