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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 12, 2023Citrus County, Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2023, 7:02 PM EDT for Citrus County, Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 13 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 12, 2023, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2023, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Citrus County, FL, Levy County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1401 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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
May 11, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW40 min
May 11, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas37 min
May 12, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus29 min
May 12, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee32 min
May 12, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee14 min

Nearby

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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.