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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 2, 2024Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 6:30 PM EDT for Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 15 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
Aug 2, 2024, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2024-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1864 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 2024-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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
Aug 2, 3:42 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more14 hr
Aug 2, 11:39 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 8 more72 hr
Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee34 min
Aug 2, 5:16 PM EDTStorm Surge WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more63 hr
Aug 2, 5:16 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningTBWCharlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 5 more72 hr
Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough33 min
Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW47 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW35 min
Aug 2, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough43 min
Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter37 min
Aug 2, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW41 min
Aug 2, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas39 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW67 min
Aug 2, 7:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWSumter78 min
Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando, Pasco39 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.