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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 6, 2026Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT for Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Levy County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	31 min
Aug 6, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	45 min
Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto	24 min
Aug 6, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco	38 min
Aug 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	43 min
Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee, Highlands	26 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		54 min
Aug 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas	50 min
Aug 6, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		61 min
Aug 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee, Highlands	45 min
Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	35 min
Aug 6, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Sarasota	61 min
Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Manatee	74 min
Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	47 min
Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	29 min
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		42 min
Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		68 min
Aug 6, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sumter	37 min

Nearby

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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.