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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 13, 2026Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 13, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2026-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 888 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 2026-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco32 min
Jul 12, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW36 min
Jul 12, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough31 min
Jul 12, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW35 min
Jul 13, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus49 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter36 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco, Sumter46 min
Jul 13, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk34 min
Jul 13, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee29 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas38 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW50 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough27 min
Jul 13, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee31 min
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands34 min
Jul 13, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee34 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands34 min
Jul 13, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee77 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.