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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 30, 2022Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2022, 4:41 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2022, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2022, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lee County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 4:02 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 4:29 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	28 min
May 30, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	33 min
May 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 min
May 30, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	31 min
May 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	49 min
May 30, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	37 min
May 30, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	28 min
May 30, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota	37 min
May 30, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto	16 min
May 30, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota	25 min
May 30, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	49 min
May 30, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee	24 min
May 30, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto	48 min
May 30, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto	26 min
May 30, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hardee, Manatee	29 min
May 30, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	43 min
May 30, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	45 min
May 30, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	38 min
May 30, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota	45 min
May 30, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	37 min
May 30, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		93 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.