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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 12, 2021Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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
Jul 12, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1557 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 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

657 
WUUS52 KTBW 121957
SVRTBW
FLC103-122030-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0022.210712T1957Z-210712T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
357 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Pinellas County in west central Florida...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 357 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Harbor
  Bluffs, or near Largo, moving northwest 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...
  Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Seminole, Madeira Beach,
  Belleair, Redington Shores, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Beach and
  Redington Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2798 8291 2803 8287 2802 8278 2786 8274
      2779 8278 2786 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 135DEG 15KT 2793 8285 

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

TBW
1 follow-up statement
836 
WWUS52 KTBW 122016
SVSTBW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
416 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

FLC103-122025-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210712T2030Z/
Pinellas FL-
416 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2798 8291 2803 8287 2802 8278 2786 8274
      2779 8278 2786 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 135DEG 15KT 2798 8291 

$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough45 min
Jul 12, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter50 min
Jul 12, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Pinellas51 min
Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas19 min
Jul 12, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Jul 12, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco17 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.