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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 3, 2021Osceola County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 947 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

171 
WWUS82 KTBW 031921
SPSTBW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
321 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
FLZ052-031945-
Polk FL-
321 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY UNTIL
345 PM EDT...

At 321 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southeast of Lake Wales, moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Frostproof, Hillcrest Heights, Highland Park, Indian Lake Estates,
River Ranch and Babson Park.

LAT...LON 2768 8155 2786 8156 2789 8131 2786 8130
      2785 8127 2785 8124 2783 8122 2778 8119
      2776 8118 2775 8118 2774 8116 2773 8117
      2771 8115 2767 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 266DEG 35KT 2778 8148 

$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus55 min
Aug 3, 1:57 AM EDTFlood WatchTBWCitrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 3 more66 hr
Aug 3, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW43 min
Aug 3, 3:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTBWCitrus2 hr
Aug 3, 4:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW33 min
Aug 3, 4:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHernando54 min
Aug 3, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW34 min
Aug 3, 6:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWCitrus, Levy21 days
Aug 3, 6:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWCitrus21 days
Aug 3, 6:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Aug 3, 6:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas24 min
Aug 3, 7:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee31 min
Aug 3, 11:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW28 min
Aug 3, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto40 min
Aug 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee37 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.