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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 3, 1992Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 1992, 3:07 PM EDT for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 1992, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hernando County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 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 1992-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 031911
SVRTBW
FLC053-032000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
307 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS
 
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR WEST OF
BAYPORT IN HERNANDO COUNTY AND STRETCHED NORTHWEST TO THE
CITRUS/HERNANDO COUNTY COASTLINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. DEADLY WEATHER HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH
THIS SYSTEM. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMSA...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND...
CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT
1-800-282-5584.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 11:29 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas31 min
Oct 3, 12:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHernando, Pasco41 min
Oct 3, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter57 min
Oct 3, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco, Sumter60 min
Oct 3, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus69 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.