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Extreme Wind Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 28, 20225 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this extreme wind warning at Sep 28, 2022, 7:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2022, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2022-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme wind warning 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 extreme wind warning went out at Sep 28, 3:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 3:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
605 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2022

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

0445 PM     HURRICANE        1 SSW SOUTHWEST INTERNA 26.53N 81.77W
09/28/2022                   LEE                FL   ASOS

            RSW REPORTED 110MPH GUST.

&&
Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
622 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2022

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

0520 PM     HURRICANE        3 SE CAPE CORAL         26.54N 81.95W
09/28/2022                   LEE                FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 0492W 3.0 SE CAPE CORAL
            (WEATHERSTEM) WIND GUST OF 140 MPH.

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:32 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
632 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2022

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

0446 PM     HURRICANE        2 ENE SAINT PETERSBURG  27.77N 82.63W
09/28/2022                   PINELLAS           FL   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KSPG ST PETERSBURG - ALBERT
            WHITTED WIND GUST OF 77 MPH.

&&
Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
637 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2022

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

0510 PM     HURRICANE        1 S WHITFIELD           27.40N 82.57W
09/28/2022                   MANATEE            FL   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KSRQ SARASOTA BRADENTON WIND
            GUST OF 86 MPH.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee10 min
Sep 27, 9:49 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee5 min
Sep 28, 9:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWCitrus21 days
Sep 28, 10:46 AM EDTExtreme Wind WarningTBWLee119 min
Sep 28, 11:38 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands37 min
Sep 28, 12:03 PM EDTExtreme Wind WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota117 min
Sep 28, 3:03 PM EDTExtreme Wind WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota3 hr
Sep 28, 3:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTBWCharlotte, Manatee, Sarasota4 hr
Sep 28, 5:27 PM EDTExtreme Wind WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Manatee and 1 more2 hr
Sep 28, 5:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Manatee and 1 more3 hr
Sep 28, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Sarasota3 hr

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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.