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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 Melbourne radar (KMLB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
741
WUUS52 KTBW 271938
SVRTBW
FLC105-272015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SV.W.0021.250627T1938Z-250627T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
338 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Polk County in central Florida...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
of Lake Wales, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Highland Park, Crooked Lake Park, Babson Park, Hillcrest Heights,
Frostproof, and Lake Wales.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2772 8147 2781 8164 2805 8152 2798 8137
2796 8135 2795 8135 2795 8134 2794 8135
2792 8131 2789 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 211DEG 19KT 2783 8151
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TBW2 follow-up statements
985
WWUS52 KTBW 271945
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
345 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
FLC105-272015-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250627T2015Z/
Polk FL-
345 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY...
At 345 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Lake Wales, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Highland Park, Babson Park, Hillcrest Heights, and Lake Wales.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2778 8142 2785 8161 2805 8152 2798 8137
2796 8135 2795 8135 2795 8134 2794 8135
2792 8131 2789 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 211DEG 19KT 2786 8149
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TBW988
WWUS52 KTBW 272002
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
402 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
FLC105-272015-
/O.CON.KTBW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250627T2015Z/
Polk FL-
402 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...
At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of Lake
Kissimmee, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Polk County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2784 8136 2795 8157 2805 8152 2798 8137
2796 8135 2795 8135 2795 8134 2794 8135
2792 8131 2789 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 211DEG 19KT 2794 8144
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 14 min |
| Jun 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jun 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 76 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.