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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 13, 2021Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 7:11 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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 13, 2021, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Lee County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 13, 2:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
545 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0531 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S FEATHER SOUND       27.87N 82.66W
08/13/2021  M41 MPH          PINELLAS           FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION FW8522 SEMINOLE.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:57 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
657 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0502 PM     LIGHTNING        3 SSW SAFETY HARBOR     27.97N 82.72W
08/13/2021                   PINELLAS           FL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            *** 1 INJ ***
            CLEARWATER FIRE RESCUE REPORTS A CITIZEN WAS
            STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN CLEARWATER AND
            SUSTAINED INJURIES OF AN UNKNOWN EXTENT.

&&

DJN

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
711 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

FLZ162-165-262-265-140000-
Coastal Charlotte FL-Inland Charlotte FL-Inland Lee FL-
Coastal Lee FL-
711 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Charlotte and Lee Counties through 800 PM EDT...

At 711 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Olga, or near Lehigh Acres, moving west at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, East Dunbar, Matlacha, Palmona
Park, Southwest Florida Airport, Harlem Heights, Lochmoor Waterway
Estates, Iona, Cypress Lake, San Carlos Park, McGregor, Pine Manor,
Charleston Park, Lovers Key State Park, Matlacha Isles-Matlacha
Shores, Olga, Buckingham and St. James City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2639 8208 2683 8213 2682 8156 2642 8156
      2642 8166 2639 8166 2633 8182 2633 8185
      2632 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 083DEG 30KT 2669 8167

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TBW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 5:02 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TBW	Charlotte, Lee	19 hr
Aug 13, 11:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Sarasota	21 days
Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		40 min
Aug 13, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	31 min
Aug 13, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		49 min
Aug 13, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		46 min
Aug 13, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	28 min
Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	24 min
Aug 13, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	48 min
Aug 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		49 min
Aug 13, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	29 min
Aug 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		29 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	34 min
Aug 13, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	38 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.