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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Pasco County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
143
WWUS82 KTBW 071845
SPSTBW
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
245 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
FLZ249-251-071915-
Inland Pasco FL-Inland Hillsborough FL-
245 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Pasco
and northeastern Hillsborough Counties through 315 PM EDT...
At 245 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pebble Creek, or near Temple Terrace, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Tampa, Temple Terrace, Lutz, Zephyrhills West, Hillsborough River
State Park, Pebble Creek, Wesley Chapel South, Zephyrhills South,
University, Wesley Chapel, Thonotosassa, New Tampa, Meadow Pointe,
Lettuce Lake Park and Crystal Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2831 8225 2809 8211 2801 8235 2804 8237
2806 8241 2816 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 242DEG 8KT 2812 8235
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 58 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.