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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 3, 2024Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2024, 2:14 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2024, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pinellas County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 300 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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
Apr 2, 8:00 PM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota3 days
Apr 3, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW2 hr
Apr 3, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy27 min
Apr 3, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW118 min
Apr 3, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus42 min
Apr 3, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando, Pasco, Sumter57 min
Apr 3, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas64 min
Apr 3, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco, Sumter59 min
Apr 3, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW114 min
Apr 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk53 min
Apr 3, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota55 min
Apr 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota79 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.