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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 16, 2026Citrus County, Hernando County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2026, 3:06 PM EDT for Citrus County, Hernando County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 16, 2026, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW67 min
Mar 16, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Levy66 min
Mar 16, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco61 min
Mar 16, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Mar 16, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW83 min
Mar 16, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter64 min
Mar 16, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas92 min
Mar 16, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW82 min
Mar 16, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota82 min
Mar 16, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Mar 16, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW54 min
Mar 16, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee55 min
Mar 16, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Highlands48 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.