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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 22, 2025DeSoto County, Hardee County, Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2025, 4:13 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Hardee County, Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2025, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1491 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWGlades26 min
May 22, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto34 min
May 22, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto27 min
May 22, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands43 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.