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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 12, 2026Highlands County, Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT for Highlands County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Highlands County, FL, Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2026-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2061 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 2026-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
2061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-102 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
Jul 12, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy55 min
Jul 12, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee50 min
Jul 12, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee, Highlands, Polk32 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 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.