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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 17, 2024Citrus County, Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2024, 8:09 AM EDT for Citrus County, Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 66 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 17, 2024, 8:09 AM EDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2024, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 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 12:08 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, 0.2 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 2024-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 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 17, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW94 min
May 17, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW73 min
May 17, 8:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter53 min
May 17, 9:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW24 min
May 17, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco29 min
May 17, 12:07 PM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota8 hr

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.