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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 14, 1986Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1986, 5:40 PM EDT for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1986, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1986, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hernando County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1986-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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 1986-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 142140
TORTBW
FLC053-142215-

BULLETIN.....EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
540 PM EDT WED MAY 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 615  PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ... HERNANDO


A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY THE SHERRIFS OFFICE IN THE VICINITY OF
HIGHWAY 50 AND U.S. 19 IN SOUTHWEST HERNANDO COUNTY.

IF THREATENING CONDITIONS AREA SIGHTED GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY. YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.                                                                 [

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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.