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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
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.
- 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
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
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 1:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 3 more | 66 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 33 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Aug 3, 6:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 21 days |
| Aug 3, 6:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus | 21 days |
| Aug 3, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Aug 3, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 28 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 37 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.