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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 11, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2021, 1:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 11, 2021, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hardee County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 1:20 PM EDTHAIL 21 Ne Wauchula, FLTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 11, 1:25 PM EDTHAIL 11 E Wauchula, FLHAIL UP TO 1 INCH REPORTED JUST EAST OF WAUCHULA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2021-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1004 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 2021-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 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
1004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WUUS52 KTBW 111701
SVRTBW
FLC049-057-081-105-111730-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0008.210411T1701Z-210411T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
101 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Hardee County in central Florida...
  Northeastern Manatee County in west central Florida...
  Southwestern Polk County in central Florida...
  Southeastern Hillsborough County in west central Florida...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 100 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 15 miles northwest of Wauchula to 11 miles west of
  Ona to 9 miles northwest of Myakka City, moving east at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wauchula, Ona, Sweetwater, Fort Meade, Bowling Green, Zolfo
  Springs, Myakka Head, Duette and Fort Green.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2776 8155 2753 8159 2737 8174 2740 8242
      2755 8220 2778 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 272DEG 52KT 2767 8203 2755 8210 2747 8225 

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

TBW
1 follow-up statement
431 
WWUS52 KTBW 111718
SVSTBW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
118 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

FLC057-111727-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210411T1730Z/
Hillsborough FL-
118 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for
central and west central Florida.

LAT...LON 2776 8155 2753 8159 2737 8174 2740 8212
      2750 8202 2765 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 272DEG 52KT 2766 8179 2754 8186 2746 8201 

$$

FLC049-081-105-111730-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210411T1730Z/
Hardee FL-Manatee FL-Polk FL-
118 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR HARDEE...EAST CENTRAL MANATEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...

At 117 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 16 miles south of Bartow to near Wauchula to near Ona,
moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wauchula, Ona, Sweetwater, Bowling Green and Zolfo Springs. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2776 8155 2753 8159 2737 8174 2740 8212
      2750 8202 2765 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 272DEG 52KT 2766 8179 2754 8186 2746 8201 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 3:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW16 hr
Apr 11, 5:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWGilchrist44 min
Apr 11, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW92 min
Apr 11, 9:14 AM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota15 hr
Apr 11, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando47 min
Apr 11, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Apr 11, 11:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter32 min
Apr 11, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW56 min
Apr 11, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Polk64 min
Apr 11, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Pinellas37 min
Apr 11, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Highlands43 min
Apr 11, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands28 min
Apr 11, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Apr 11, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee49 min
Apr 11, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee17 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.