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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 9, 2021Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Sumter 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 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1728 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 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

247 
WWUS82 KTBW 092021
SPSTBW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
421 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
FLZ043-248-092045-
Inland Hernando FL-Sumter FL-
421 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Sumter
and southeastern Hernando Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 421 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Bushnell, moving west at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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...
Ridge Manor, Tarrytown and Croom. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 2856 8226 2860 8224 2857 8202 2847 8201
      2847 8206 2848 8206 2848 8225 2847 8225
      2847 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 092DEG 13KT 2852 8208 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee20 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough33 min
Aug 9, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee, Sarasota46 min
Aug 9, 6:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee, Sarasota82 min
Aug 9, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWAlachua23 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.