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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 15, 2021Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 3:42 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 15, 2021, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pinellas County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 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 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

349 
WUUS52 KTBW 151942
SVRTBW
FLC103-152015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0027.210815T1942Z-210815T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
342 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

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

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over St.
  Petersburg, or over Downtown Saint Petersburg, moving northwest at
  25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Seminole,
  Gulfport, Treasure Island, Kenneth City, South Pasadena and Madeira
  Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2780 8257 2772 8264 2781 8287 2797 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 126DEG 21KT 2778 8266 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TBW
1 follow-up statement
966 
WWUS52 KTBW 152009
SVSTBW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
409 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

FLC103-152016-
/O.EXP.KTBW.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210815T2015Z/
Pinellas FL-
409 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2780 8257 2772 8264 2781 8287 2797 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 126DEG 21KT 2787 8279 

$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Aug 15, 9:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWCitrus5 days
Aug 15, 1:15 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy44 hr
Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW58 min
Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee27 min
Aug 15, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Aug 15, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas41 min
Aug 15, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas33 min
Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Aug 15, 5:44 PM EDTStorm Surge WarningTBWLevy29 hr
Aug 15, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW118 min
Aug 15, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr

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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.