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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 24, 2023Hillsborough County, Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2023, 3:11 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Polk 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: Apr 24, 2023, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2023, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Apr 23, 7:04 PM EDT, 20 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 7:04 PM EDT, 20 hours 7 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
Apr 24, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	33 min
Apr 24, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	30 min
Apr 24, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	26 min
Apr 24, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	34 min
Apr 24, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	32 min
Apr 24, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	41 min
Apr 24, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	46 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	23 min
Apr 24, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	12 min
Apr 24, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hardee, Highlands, Polk	42 min
Apr 24, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando	44 min
Apr 24, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	31 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Highlands, Polk	28 min
Apr 24, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		49 min
Apr 24, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sumter	29 min
Apr 24, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Sumter	15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.