Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1988, 12:29 AM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1988, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1988, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 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 00:00Z, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 24, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
ISSUED 1050 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1988
.....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA...LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS AND
HILLSBOROUGH UNTIL 4AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.....
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR...IT EXTENDED FROM CHIEFLAND TO CRYSTAL RIVER TO 50 MILES WEST
OF ST PETERSBURG. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MOST OkF FLORIDA NORTH OF
A FORT MYERS TO VERO BEACH LINE.Special weather statement, May 24, 11:48 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
ISSUED 1145 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1988
.....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA...LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS AND
HILLSBOROUGH UNTIL 4AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.....
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR...IT EXTENDED FROM SILVER SPRINGS TO ST PETERSBURG TO 50 MILES
WEST OF SARASOTA. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MOST OF FLORIDA NORTH OF
A SARASOTA TO VERO BEACH LINE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 41 min |
| May 24, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 40 min |
| May 24, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 68 min |
| May 25, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 27 min |
| May 25, 12:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 32 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.