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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 3, 1987Citrus County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1987, 10:10 AM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1987, 10:10 AM EDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1987, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Citrus 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1987-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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 1987-07-03The 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 031410 RRA
TORTBW
FLC017-031515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN FL
1010 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...CITRUS
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED

 WATER SPOUTS AND SEVERAL FUNNELS TOUCHING THE GROUND HAVE BEEN
 REPORTED BY CRYSTAL RIVER 3 MOVING ONSHORE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAS
 T AT 10 TO 15 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.

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.