Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1987, 7:09 AM EST for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 1987, 7:09 AM EST (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1987, 7:35 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pasco 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 221209 TORTBW FLC101-221235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN FL 709 AM EST THU JAN 22 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 735 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...PASCO ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTY JUST MENTIONED NEW PORT RICHY POLICE REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. THE STORM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 4:40 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 445 AM EST THU JAN 22 1987 ...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BAYFRONT IN AND AROUND TAMPA BAY AND THE OTHER BAYS ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST THIS MORNING... THE TIDE WILL BE HIGH AT THE ST. PETERSBURG PIER AT 7 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. BECAUSE OF STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS...TIDAL WATER WILL TEND TO PILE UP IN THE BAYS...PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING OF THOSE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BAY UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THE HIGH TIDE TIME. TIDES WILL RUN ABOUT ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL. COINCIDENT WITH THE HIGH TIDE WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN ENHANCING THE COLLECTqION OF WATER IN THE LOWER AREAS ALONG THE BAYFRONT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THE THREAT OF FLOODING SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER 9AM THIS MORNING IN THE TAMPA AREA AND AFTER NOON IN THE FT. MYERS AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 5:24 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RESENT BY REQUEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 445 AM EST THU JAN 22 1987 ...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BAYFRONT IN AND AROUND TAMPA BAY AND THE OTHER BAYS ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST THIS MORNING... THE TIDE WILL BE HIGH AT THE ST. PETERSBURG PIER AT 7 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. BECAUSE OF STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS...TIDAL WATER WILL TEND TO PILE UP IN THE BAYS...PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING OF THOSE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BAY UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THE HIGH TIDE TIME. TIDES WILL RUN ABOUT ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL. COINCIDENT WITH THE HIGH TIDE WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN ENHANCING THE COLLECTION OF WATER IN THE LOWER AREAS ALONG THE BAYFRONT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THE THREAT OF FLOODING SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER 9AM THIS MORNING IN THE TAMPA AREA AND AFTER NOON IN THE FT. MYERS AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 6:40 AM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMERY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
630 AM EST THU JAN 22 1987
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 100PM EST...
AT 630 AM RADAR SHOWED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM HOMOSASSA SOUTH ALONG THE COAST TO 20 MILES OFF THE
MOUTH OF THE TAMPA BAY TO 70 MILES WEST OF FORT MYERS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EMBEDDED IN A 60 MILES WIDE BAND OF
RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM JACKSONVILLE SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
130 MILES WEST OF CAPE ROMANO.
LINE MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 60 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.