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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 22, 2023Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 22, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2023, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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 nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.9

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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 Jun 22, 9:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
948 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

...New UPDATE...

.UPDATE...
Issued at 944 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

Make sure to keep your umbrellas handy today. A few pop up showers
possible this morning, however majority of showers and storms will
be this afternoon especially inland. We stay in this unsettled
pattern for a few more days, with pop up showers possible at
anytime, and main coverage in the afternoons/evenings.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA  92  78  92  78 /  60  50  70  30
FMY  94  78  95  78 /  50  40  70  40
GIF  93  74  92  74 /  70  60  80  30
SRQ  93  77  92  76 /  50  40  60  40
BKV  93  71  92  72 /  70  50  70  30
SPG  89  79  89  79 /  60  50  60  40

&&

Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Thursday: 5
Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Friday: 5

For additional information on sea breeze regimes, go to:
     https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ThunderstormClimatology

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 8 PM EDT this evening for Coastal
     Charlotte-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Lee-Coastal Manatee-
     Coastal Sarasota-Pinellas.

     Flood Watch through Friday evening for Coastal Levy-Inland Levy.

Gulf waters...None.

&&

UPDATE...Pearce

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
148 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

FLZ052-251-221815-
Polk FL-Inland Hillsborough FL-
148 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Polk
and northeastern Hillsborough Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 147 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Medulla, or near Lakeland, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, Plant City, Winter Haven, Haines City, Bartow, Auburndale,
Fussels Corner, Combee Settlement, Lakeland Linder Airport, Medulla,
Jan Phyl Village, Lake Alfred, Mulberry, Eagle Lake, Lake Hamilton,
Homeland, Winter Haven Airport, Wahneta, Winston, and Willow Oak.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2779 8183 2789 8216 2820 8210 2808 8162
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 195DEG 24KT 2795 8196

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

TBW
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
151 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

FLZ052-056-057-221815-
Highlands FL-Polk FL-Hardee FL-
151 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Highlands, Hardee and south central Polk Counties through 215 PM
EDT...

At 150 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wauchula, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Sebring, Avon Park, Wauchula, Sweetwater, Fort Meade, Bowling Green,
Zolfo Springs, Avon Park Executive Airport, Crewsville, and Sebring
Shores.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2734 8161 2734 8175 2740 8192 2776 8180
      2761 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 195DEG 24KT 2749 8175

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee46 min
Jun 22, 4:50 AM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota15 hr
Jun 22, 11:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWLevy4 hr
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk27 min
Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee24 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTBWLevy4 hr
Jun 22, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee, Highlands, Polk32 min
Jun 22, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto28 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk15 min
Jun 22, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands46 min
Jun 22, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands22 min
Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter31 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter60 min
Jun 22, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter46 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.