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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 17, 2022Citrus County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2022, 3:17 PM EDT for Citrus County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 17, 2022, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Citrus County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2022-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1668 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 2022-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
1668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Aug 17, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSumter39 min
Aug 17, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy40 min
Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy60 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.