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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2026, 3:50 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 29, 2026, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2988 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 20 min |
| Aug 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Aug 29, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 119 min |
| Aug 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 10 min |
| Aug 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 92 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 90 min | |
| Aug 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 113 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.